Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature

This paper reflects on two recent debates in the consumer literature on trust that have implications for consumer relations in the water industry. The first concerns an important yet seldom made distinction between trust and confidence. The second concerns when and how trust is related to acceptance...

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Main Authors: Fife-Schaw, C., Barnett, J., Chenoweth, J., Morrison, Greg, Lundéhn, C.
Format: Book
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23875
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author Fife-Schaw, C.
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Chenoweth, J.
Morrison, Greg
Lundéhn, C.
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description This paper reflects on two recent debates in the consumer literature on trust that have implications for consumer relations in the water industry. The first concerns an important yet seldom made distinction between trust and confidence. The second concerns when and how trust is related to acceptance of, for example, new tariffs or new technologies, and it challenges the conventional view that trust is usually a precursor of acceptance. New conceptual models addressing these debates are described and their implications for future water-related consumer research are discussed as are potential implications for industry relationships with consumers. © IWA Publishing 2008.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-238752018-03-29T09:06:48Z Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature Fife-Schaw, C. Barnett, J. Chenoweth, J. Morrison, Greg Lundéhn, C. This paper reflects on two recent debates in the consumer literature on trust that have implications for consumer relations in the water industry. The first concerns an important yet seldom made distinction between trust and confidence. The second concerns when and how trust is related to acceptance of, for example, new tariffs or new technologies, and it challenges the conventional view that trust is usually a precursor of acceptance. New conceptual models addressing these debates are described and their implications for future water-related consumer research are discussed as are potential implications for industry relationships with consumers. © IWA Publishing 2008. 2008 Book http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23875 10.2166/ws.2008.035 restricted
spellingShingle Fife-Schaw, C.
Barnett, J.
Chenoweth, J.
Morrison, Greg
Lundéhn, C.
Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature
title Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature
title_full Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature
title_fullStr Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature
title_full_unstemmed Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature
title_short Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature
title_sort consumer trust and confidence: some recent ideas in the literature
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23875