A system cybernetic approach to the dynamics of individual- and organizational-level trust

Human Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1045-1063

  Oliver, Amalya L ^a   Montgomery, Kathleen ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Dynamic equilibrium; Systems; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040431652     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726701548003     Document Type: Article

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