Insufficient Bureaucracy: Trust and Commitment in Particularistic Organizations

Trust, commitment and team working: the paradox of virtual organizations

In this article we take an agent-centred approach to explore the role of trust and commitment in the virtual organization. The findings of a case study in an international information technology consultancy indicate that multiple relationships arising from the alliance-based structure require clear commitment to enable the development of trust as a basis for longer-term partnership. Paradoxical...

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Trust in Knowledge-based Organizations

Knowledge-based organizations base their competitiveness on knowledge and specific knowledge-related capabilities. The nature of knowledge is an important determinant enhancing understanding of firm behaviour and related organizing. In knowledge-based view of the firm trust is implicit. In this paper the role and nature of trust in knowledge-based organization is explored. Knowledge-based view ...

Trust and Commitment in Dynamic Logic

Trust and commitment have been identified as crucial concepts in electronic commerce applications. In this paper we are interested in the relation between these social concepts. We introduce a dynamic logic in which violations of stronger commitments result in a higher loss of trustworthiness than violations of weaker ones. We illustrate how the logic can be used to analyze some aspects of a we...

Commitment and Trust in Young Adult Friendships

Given the importance of maintaining mutuality in interdependent relationships, the goal of the present research was to determine if interpersonal trust serves as a gauge of partners’ commitment within young adults’ close friendships. It was hypothesized that individuals trust their friends to the degree that their friends are committed to their relationship, and that individuals’ perceptions of...