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Factors Affecting Trust in Market Research Relationships
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Building on previous work suggesting that trust is critical in facilitating exchange relationships, the authors describe a comprehensive theory of trust in market research relationships. This theory focuses on the factors that determine users’ trust in their researchers, including individual, interpersonal, organizational, interorganizational/interdepartmental, and project factors. The theory is tested in a sample of 779 users. Results indicate that the interpersonal factors are the most predictive of trust. Among these factors, perceived researcher integrity, willingness to reduce research uncertainty, confidentiality, expertise, tactfulness, sincerity, congeniality, and timeliness are most strongly associated with trust. Among the remaining factors, the formalization of the user's organization, the culture of the researcher's department or organization, the research organization's or department's power, and the extent to which the research is customized also affect trust. These findings generally do not change across different types of dyadic relationships.
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- Authors
- Moorman, C., Deshpandé, R., & Zaltman, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- ORCID
- Moorman, Christine
- Venue
- Journal of Marketing
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1993-01
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 81-101
- ISSN
- 0022-2429 (ISSN-L)
- 1547-7185
- OpenAlex
- W2070951272
- Cited by
- 3,659
- References
- 95
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- FWCI
- 21.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Marketing (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Business and International Management › Business and Management Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Marketing and Advertising Strategies
- Keywords
- trust, exchange relationships, interpersonal trust, scientific uncertainty, confidentiality, researcher expertise, organizational factors, interorganizational relationships, dyads
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