It hurts both ways: How social comparisons harm affective and cognitive trust

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-14

  Dunn, Jennifer ^a   Ruedy, Nicole E ^b   Schweitzer, Maurice E ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability; Affect; Social comparison; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855647425     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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