The relationship between being perceived as trustworthy by coworkers and individual performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-157

  Dirks, Kurt T ^a   Skarlicki, Daniel P ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exchange; Performance; Trust; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849137844     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308321545     Document Type: Article

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