Creating a high-trust organization: An exploration into organizational policies that stimulate interpersonal trust building

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 857-884

  Six, Frédérique ^a   Sorge, Arndt ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Social Science Research Center Berlin   (Germany)

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EID: 40749109938     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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