Distrust in the balance: The emergence and development of intergroup distrust in a court of law

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1018-1039

  Bijlsma Frankema, Katinka ^a   Sitkin, Sim B ^b   Weibel, Antoinette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Determinants of distrust; Distrust; Intergroup distrust; Self amplifying cycle of distrust development; Trust distrust distinction; Trust distrust repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980319933     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2015.0977     Document Type: Article

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