Trust is in the eye of the beholder: A vignette study of postevent behavioral controls' effects on individual trust in virtual teams

Information Systems Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 546-558

  Dennis, Alan R ^a   Robert, Lionel P ^b   Curtis, Aaron M ^c   Kowalczyk, Stacy T ^d   Hasty, Bryan K ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HAWAII   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Wright Patterson Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

Controls; Disposition to trust; Trust; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL CONTROL; DISPOSITION TO TRUSTS; FACE-TO-FACE TEAMS; SELECTIVE PERCEPTION; TEAM MEMBERS; TRUST; VIRTUAL TEAM;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 84871322358     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1110.0364     Document Type: Article

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