Constructing conviction through action and narrative: How money managers manage uncertainty and the consequence for financial market functioning

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 309-330

  Chong, Kimberly ^a   Tuckett, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotions; Evaluation; Financial markets; Inter disciplinarity; Trust; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929169093     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwu020     Document Type: Article

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