Why Do We Trust? Moving Beyond Individual to Dyadic Perceptions

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-91

  Yakovleva, Maria ^a   Reilly, Richard R ^a   Werko, Robert ^b  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

actor partner interdependence model (APIM); bidirectional effect; dyadic model; OCB; trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; WORKPLACE;

EID: 76449101785     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017102     Document Type: Article

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