Trust me: A scale for measuring manager-employee trust

Management Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-132

  Tzafrir, Shay S ^a   Dolan, Simon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 85033277338     PISSN: 15365433     EISSN: 15580946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15365430480000505     Document Type: Article

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