Social word of mouth: How trust develops in the market

International Journal of Market Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 673-689

  Hajli, Nick ^a   Lin, Xiaolin ^b   Featherman, Mauricio ^c   Wang, Yichuan ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907299535     PISSN: 14707853     EISSN: 25152173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2501/ijmr-2014-045     Document Type: Article

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