The role of trust in buyer-seller conflict management

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1082-1088

  Celuch, Kevin ^a   Bantham, John H ^b   Kasouf, Chickery J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer seller conflict management; Buyer seller relationships; Communication and attribution processes in buyer seller relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959961065     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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