Abstract

The article discusses trust theory, multidisciplinary research, and trust between organizations. The analysis of trust is based on four questions: whether scholars can agree on the meaning of trust; if researchers are viewing trust statistically; if the status of trust--cause, effect, or interaction--changes across disciplines; and whether the levels of analysis also change. The "bandwidth" of trust--where trust and distrust are differentiated--can vary over time in the same relationship or coexist at the same time. Bandwidth types are deterrence-based trust, calculus-based trust, relational trust, and institution-based trust. Two conditions of trust are risk and interdependence. Three phases are building, stability, and dissolution. Several studies are mentioned.

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Organizational behaviorSociologyManagementPsychologyPolitical scienceSocial psychologyEconomics

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Year
1998
Type
article
Volume
23
Issue
3
Pages
393-404
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9765
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Denise M. Rousseau, Sim B. Sitkin, Ronald S. Burt et al. (1998). Not So Different After All: A Cross-Discipline View Of Trust. Academy of Management Review , 23 (3) , 393-404. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1998.926617

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10.5465/amr.1998.926617