Journal of Managerial Psychology: Volume 19 Issue 6

Introduction: Understanding organizational trust  – foundations, constellations, and issues of operationalisation

Guido Möllering, Reinhard Bachmann, Soo Hee Lee

This paper gives an overview of major issues in trust research, identifying common foundations and multiple constellations of organizational trust. In doing so, the paper also…

Senior management relationships and trust: an exploratory study

Sally Atkinson

This paper explores the phenomenon of trust in the context of managerial relationships, particularly examining the extent to which trust, or lack of it, drives those…

Transformational leadership and shared values: the building blocks of trust

Nicole A. Gillespie, Leon Mann

Interpersonal trust is central to sustaining team effectiveness. Whilst leaders play the primary role in establishing and developing trust, little research has examined the…

Co‐worker trust as a social catalyst for constructive employee attitudes

Natalie Ferres, Julia Connell, Anthony Travaglione

Research into interpersonal trust within organisational contexts tends to concentrate on managers as a referent, largely ignoring the potential social benefits of trust amongst…

The role of competence‐based trust and organizational identification in continuous improvement

Hyun‐Jung Lee

This paper investigates the role of individuals' competence‐based trust and organizational identification (OI) in employees' continuous improvement efforts. The data were…

Trust‐building strategies in inter‐organizational negotiations

Sabine T. Koeszegi

One challenge for multinational organizations is to manage inter‐organizational relationships with customers, collaborators, competitors, governments and other important…