Managing trust and trouble in interpersonal work relationships: Evidence from two Dutch organizations

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-124

  Six, Frédérique ^a   Skinner, Denise ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpersonal trust; Relationship repair; Trust; Trust maintenance; Trust repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749147011     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903466913     Document Type: Article

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