The dark side of trust: When trust becomes a 'poisoned chalice'

Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 206-224

  Skinner, Denise ^a   Dietz, Graham ^b   Weibel, Antoinette ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dark side of trust; manipulation; trust and gift giving; trust relationships; unwanted obligation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897800985     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508412473866     Document Type: Article

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