Trust and distrust in organizations: Emerging perspectives, enduring questions

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 569-598

  Kramer, Roderick M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspiracy; Cooperation; Social capital; Surveillance; Suspicion

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144435923     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.569     Document Type: Review

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