Building interpersonal trust within organizations: A relational signalling perspective

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-309

  Six, Frédérique E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interpersonal trust building; Organizational policies; Relational signalling theory; Trouble; Work relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548413281     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-007-9030-9     Document Type: Article

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