Trust in Organizations: Frontiers of Theory and Research

by Roderick M. Kramer (Editor), Tom R. Tyler (Editor)

Trust plays a central role in organizational life. It facilitates exchanges among individuals, enhances cooperation and coordination, and contributes to more effective relationships.

This volume brings together a cross-disciplinary group of contributors to present some of the latest, most exciting conceptual perspectives in the field and to demonstrate a variety of new methodological approaches to the study of trust. It includes discussions on: the psychological and social antecedents of trust; the effects of social and organizational structures on trust; and the broad effects of trust on organizational functioning.

Paperback

First published November 21, 1995

About the author

Roderick Moreland Kramer