Description
The empirical studies presented in this book have been conducted by scholars with a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds, employing insights from a diverse range of fields including organization theory, knowledge management, sociology, psychology, economics, management, human resources management and communication sciences. Data from twelve different countries, including Eastern and Western European countries, Mexico, Tanzania and Western European countries is analysed, illustrating relations within and between organizations and nations. These organizations exist in environments that can be typified as uncertain because institutional, taken-for-granted or rational bases for control and trust are lacking. Several fresh insights into how trust is built and sustained in uncertain circumstances are presented, and relevant yet challenging directions for future research are proposed.
This accessible and interdisciplinary book will appeal to a wide-ranging audience encompassing academics from a number of fields focussing on trust. It will also be warmly welcomed by business and management practitioners, particularly those confronted with developments that create uncertainty.
About the Author
Edited by Katinka Bijlsma-Frankema, Associate Professor of Organization Theory and Rosalinde Klein Woolthuis, Assistant Professor of Organization Science, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Reviews
'. . . the book is an attractive read for a wide array of social scientists. . . We believe this book offers a set of thought-provoking insights and suggests several promising avenues for further empirical work on trust.' -- Maxim Sytch and Niro Sivanathan, Personnel Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781845423117
Author Katinka Bijlsma-Frankema
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
