Repairing Trust in Organizations and Institutions: Toward a Conceptual Framework

Organization Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1123-1142

  Bachmann, Reinhard ^a   Gillespie, Nicole ^b   Priem, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; trust crises; trust in institutions; trust in organizations; trust repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940189254     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840615599334     Document Type: Article

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