An examination of trust dimensions across high and low dependence situations

Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-248

  Clark, W Randy ^a   Scholder Ellen, Pam ^b   Boles, James S ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependence; Relationships; Scenarios; Structural equation modeling; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956239123     PISSN: 1051712X     EISSN: 15470628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10517120903000439     Document Type: Article

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