The Meaning(s) of Trust. A Content Analysis on the Diverse Conceptualizations of Trust in Scholarly Research on Business Relationships

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-668

  Castaldo, Sandro ^a   Premazzi, Katia ^a   Zerbini, Fabrizio ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

business relationships; content analysis; network analysis; review; trust; trust conceptualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957664308     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0491-4     Document Type: Article

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