Trustworthiness, and Attractiveness
Author(s): Roobina Ohanian
Source: Journal of Advertising, Vol. 19, No. 3 (1990), pp. 39-52
Published by: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
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Trustworthiness, Attractiveness and RoobinaOhanian
Roobina Ohanian (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin) is associate professor of marketing,
School of Business, Emory University.
The author wishes to thank Janet Cox, Armen
Tashchian, and three anonymous reviewers for