Calculative trust: Oxymoron or tautology?

Journal of Trust Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-82

  Reich Graefe, René ^a  

^a WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calculativeness; double blind; trust; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042154260     PISSN: 21515581     EISSN: 2151559X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21515581.2014.891322     Document Type: Article

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