Trust during retail encounters: A touchy proposition

Journal of Retailing

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-314

  Orth, Ulrich R ^a,c   Bouzdine Chameeva, Tatiana ^b   Brand, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

France; Germany; Quality; Salesperson; Touch; Trust; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880506029     PISSN: 00224359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretai.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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