Cultures of trust: effects of avatar faces and reputation scores on German and Arab players in an online trust-game.

Reputation systems as well as seller depictions (photos; avatars) have been shown to reduce buyer uncertainty and to foster trust in online trading. With the emergence of globalized e-markets, it remains an urgent question whether these mechanisms, found to be effective for Western cultures, also ap...

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Main Authors: Gary Bente, Thomas Dratsch, Kai Kaspar, Tabea Häβler, Oliver Bungard, Ahmad Al-Issa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4046985?pdf=render