Abstract In this qualitative study based on 95 interviews with Chinese subordinates and their German supervisors, we inductively develop a model which advances theoretical understanding by showing how inter-cultural trust development in hierarchical relationships is the result of six distinct elements: subordinate trustor’s cultural profile (cosmopolitans, hybrids, culturally bounds), psycholog...

Since the online agro-products information is difficult to assess, it is critical for consumers to foster consumers’ initial trust in the social commerce (s-commerce) context. On the basis of the existing research, this paper first analyzes the connotation of agro-products communication based on s-commerce. Then, it combines the inherent characteristics of agro-products, and takes the consumer ...

Our research is within the area of artificial intelligence and multiagent system. More specifically, we are interested in addressing robustness problems in trust and reputation systems so that buying agents are able to accurately model the reputation of selling agents even with the existence of various unfair rating attacks from other dishonest buyers (called advisors) [Zhang and Cohen, 2008]. ...

We have witnessed considerable research investigating trust between agents in multi-agent systems. However, the issue of trust between agents and users has rarely been reported in the literature. In this paper, we describe our experiences with ITRUST, a multi-agent artificial market system whose software broker agent can learn to build a relatively long-term trust relationship with their client...

Psychosis is characterized by an elementary lack of trust in others. Trust is an inherently rewarding aspect of successful social interactions and can be examined using neuroeconomic paradigms. This study was aimed at investigating the underlying neural basis of diminished trust in psychosis. Functional magnetic resonance imaging data were acquired from 20 patients with psychosis and 20 healthy...

The market for mobile Internet-based devices is in its infancy and may grow to over $550 billion by 2008. However, the growth of the mobile-device market is limited by problems related to cost, speed, security, privacy, usability, and trust. In particular, lack of consumer trust is said to be the most significant long-term barrier for m-commerce. As such, this research focuses on how familiar c...

We test hypotheses asserting that reward structures an omnipresent element of the work context have a strong influence on interpersonal trust, and we explore the cognitive and behavioral routes through which the effects may occur. Specifically, we use attribution theory to identify several core processes including social perception (causal schemas), self-perception, and attributional biases (co...

Acquisition of the opponent’s model and achieving mutual trust with others are notable traits of humankind's intelligence. Achieving mutual trust is a big challenge for artificial intelligences, and it is a key factor in trading. However, how players observe each others’ behaviors and how they achieve mutual trust are not fully known. In this study, we researched the growth of a mutual trust pr...

We developed three new theoretical insights into the art of hierarchical clustering in the context of web-search. A notable example where these results may be useful is Trust Based Collaborative Search, where an active user consults agents that in the past performed a similar search. We proceed with this as an example throughout the paper, even though the results are more broadly applicable. Th...