Understanding general distrust of corporations

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-51

  Adams, Jason E ^a   Highhouse, Scott ^a   Zickar, Michael J ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cynicism; Identity; Legitimacy; Reputation; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952947818     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/crr.2010.6     Document Type: Article

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