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Research Articles

The Relative Effects of Trust and Distrust on Information Acceptance from Mobile Word-of-Mouth and the Moderating Role of Event Significance and the Aggregate Preference

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Pages 628-642 | Received 15 Aug 2021, Accepted 10 Feb 2022, Published online: 19 Apr 2022

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