Does Trust Matter? Exploring the Effects of Interorganizational and Interpersonal Trust on Performance

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-159

  Zaheer, Akbar ^a   McEvily, Bill ^b   Perrone, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interfirm Relations; Interorganizational Trust; Relational Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032391619     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.2.141     Document Type: Article

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