Trust and distrust: Polar opposites, or independent but co-existing?

Human Relations

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 639-665

  Saunders, Mark N K ^a   Dietz, Graham ^b   Thornhill, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

card sort; distrust; mistrust; mixed method; organizational change; trust; trust levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901238235     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726713500831     Document Type: Article

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