The evolution of intra-organizational trust networks: The case of a German paper factory: An empirical test of six trust mechanisms

International Sociology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Van De Bunt, Gerhard G ^a   Wittek, Rafael P M ^b   De Klepper, Maurits C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Control; Gossip; Homophily; Relational signalling; Sharing groups; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144432244     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580905055480     Document Type: Article

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