Trust, Identity, and Attachment: Promoting Individuals' Cooperation in Groups

International Handbook of Organizational Teamwork and Cooperative Working

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 113-130

  Audrey Korsgaard, M ^a   Brodt, Susan E ^b   Sapienza, Harry J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Identity; Interpersonal relationships; Psychology; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948734037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696712.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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