The effects of technical and social conditions on workplace trust

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-27

  Blunsdon, Betsy ^a   Reed, Ken ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human resource practices; Organizational trust; Social system; Technical conditions of work; Workplace trust

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; LABOR RELATIONS; OCCUPATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0345149418     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190210158493     Document Type: Article

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