Trust That Binds: The Impact of Collective Felt Trust on Organizational Performance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-601

  Salamon, Sabrina Deutsch ^a   Robinson, Sandra L ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

appropriateness theory; organizational performance; responsibility; trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

EID: 43949111992     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.593     Document Type: Article

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