Spill-Up and Spill-Over of Trust: An Extended Test of Cultural and Institutional Theories of Trust in South Korea

Sociological Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 504-526

  Suh, Chan S ^a   Chang, Paul Y ^b   Lim, Yisook ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Generalized social trust; Institutional trust; Latent class analysis; Political trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861709501     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2012.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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