A social judgement analysis of trust: People as intuitive detection theorists

Trust in Cooperative Risk Management: Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 95-116

  White, Mathew P ^a   Eiser, J Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925708905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849773461     Document Type: Chapter

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