Reclaiming uncertainty: The formation of new meanings

Uncertainty, Information Management, and Disclosure Decisions: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 26-44

  Baxter, Leslie A ^a   Braithwaite, Dawn O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203933046-10     Document Type: Chapter

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