Tenzin Tamang

The structural contingency model of trust: When variability in perceived trustworthiness of scientists signals critical support.

Prevailing approaches to measuring public trust in scientists rely on facet averages that overlook within-person variability, a dimension traditional views equate with ambivalence or attitudinal weakness. This study introduces the Structural Contingency Model of Trust (SCMT), proposing that the functional meaning of th...