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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"propensity to trust"”.
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First Among Equals: A Study of Faculty Trust Levels and Influencing Factors Related to New Deans In Transition Periods
<p>The purpose of this study was to enhance the understanding of the trust relationship between deans and their faculty members during the dean's succession. Prompted by literature that argued for the need to better understand the important leadership aspect of trust among faculty members and their …
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Trust Development: Testing a New Model in Undergraduate Roommate Relationships
Interpersonal trust reflects a vital component of all social relationships. Trust has been linked to a wide variety of individual and group outcomes in the literature, including personal satisfaction and motivation, willingness to take risks, and organizational success (Dirks & Ferrin, 2001; Pratt …
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Diversity Team Building: Impact on Virtual Team Performance
… employee outcomes, lack of scholarly attention to team-level interventions remain. Team-level interventions would benefit organizations more directly as they address issues directly related to task accomplishment. Since diversity may lead to negative performance results for teams, a team …
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The Relationship of Individualism and Collectivism to Perceptions of Interpersonal Trust in a Global Consulting Firm
… differently within a global workforce and that trust is foundational to the success of these relationships. Knowledge of the trust components will allow for the effective establishment and maintenance of work place relationships especially by first confirming the competence and reliability of …
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Focusing on consumer-to-consumer trust in electronic commerce with age and gender factors
The importance of trust in building and maintaining consumer relationship in e-commerce environment is recognized in the Information Systems literature since prior researches show that general lack of trust in e-commerce is a significant factor in inhibiting online purchases. A key challenge for …
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Enhancing Employee Voice in Government: Transparency, Trust, and Cognitive Empowerment
<p>For organizational change to take root, develop, and realize the desired goals and benefits, employees are increasingly asked to be an integral part of the change process, to speak up and use their voice to point out areas to improve and ways to be more efficient. Organizations and managers must …
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On the Determinants of Generalised Trust: An Investigation of the Institution-Centred and Society-Centred Perspectives
… and society-centred perspectives on generalized trust. Using advanced statistical techniques, I first assess some central implications of the two approaches employing observational data. In particular, I begin by suggesting that the scarcity of different goods in a region (lack of personal …
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General Social Trust And Political Trust Within Social And Political Groups: A Case Study
… society with high levels of generalized social trust and political trust are more likely to engage in civic activism and participation. Therefore, people involved in social and political groups will likely have higher levels of generalized social and political trust than the general public. What …