Beyond the United States and Japan: Testing Yamagishi's emancipation theory of trust across 31 nations

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-383

  Gheorghiu, Mirona A ^a   Vignoles, Vivian L ^b   Smith, Peter B ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74849122943     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019027250907200408     Document Type: Article

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