Revisiting social trust with regard to gendered perception of new food technologies: The case of nanofood

Psychology of Trust

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 157-176

  Bieberstein, Andrea ^a   Vandermoere, Frederic ^b   Roosen, Jutta ^a   Blanchemanche, Sandrine ^c   Marette, Stéphan ^d  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INRA   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Gender; Novel food technologies; Risk perception; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896564810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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