Fragile and resilient trust: Risk and uncertainty in negotiated and reciprocal exchange

Sociological Theory

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-32

  Molm, Linda D ^a   Schaefer, David R ^b   Collett, Jessica L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 60449114599     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: 14679558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9558.2009.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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