Overview

Trust plays a central role in organizational life. It facilitates exchanges among individuals, enhances cooperation and coordination, and contributes to more effective relationships. This volume brings together a cross-disciplinary group of contributors to present some of the latest, most exciting conceptual perspectives in the field and to demonstrate a variety of new methodological approaches to the study of trust. It includes discussions on: the psychological and social antecedents of trust; the effects of social and organizational structures on trust; and the broad effects of trust on organizational functioning.

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Author:   Roderick M Kramer ,  Tom R. Tyler
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9780803957404

ISBN 10:   0803957408
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   29 January 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Whither Trust? - Tom R Tyler and Roderick M KramerTrust in Organizations - W E Douglas Creed and Raymond E Miles A Conceptual Framework Linking Organizational Forms, Managerial Philosophies and the Opportunity Costs of ControlsTrust and Technology - David KipnisTrust-Based Forms of Governance - Walter W PowellTrust and Third-Party Gossip - Ronald S Burt and Marc KnezCollaboration Structure and Information Dilemmas in Biotechnology - Lynne G Zucker et al Interpersonal and Organizational Boundaries as Trust ProductionDeveloping and Maintaining Trust in Work Relationships - Roy J Lewicki and Barbara B BunkerMicro OB and the Network Organization - Blair H Sheppard and Marla TuchinskySwift Trust in Temporary Groups - Debra Meyerson, Roderick M Kramer and Karl WeickThe Road to Hell - Sim B Sitkin and Darryl Stickel The Dynamics of Distrust in an Era of QualityDivergent Realities and Convergent Disappointments in the Hierarchical Relation - Roderick M Kramer Trust and the Intuitive Auditor at WorkBeyond Distrust - Robert J Bies and Tom Tripp Getting Even and the Need for RevengeOrganizational Responses to Crisis - Aneil K Mishra The Centrality of TrustTrust and Crisis - Eugene J WebbThe Organizational Trust Inventory (OTI) - L L Cummings and Philip Bromiley Development and ValidationTrust in Organizational Authorities - Tom R Tyler and Peter Degoey The Influence of Motive Attributions on Willingness to Accept DecisionsCollective Trust and Collective Action - Roderick M Kramer, Marilynn B Brewer and Benjamin J Hanna The Decision to Trust as a Social DecisionUnderstanding the Interaction between Procedural and Distributive Justice - Joel Brockner and Phyllis Siegel The Role of Trust

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