Measuring trust in teams: Development and validation of a multifaceted measure of formative and reflective indicators of team trust

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-154

  Costa, Ana Cristina ^a   Anderson, Neil ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measures; Perceived trustworthiness; Propensity to trust; Teams; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951560490     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320903272083     Document Type: Article

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