Can you trust a customer's expression? Insights into nonverbal communication in the retail context

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 964-988

  Puccinelli, Nancy M ^a   Motyka, Scott ^b   Grewal, Dhruv ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 78649526247     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20368     Document Type: Article

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