The Structure of Interpersonal Trust in the Workplace
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The importance of each of five underlying interpersonal trust components (competence, consistency, integrity, loyalty, and openness) as they affect trust among supervisors, subordinates, and peers was examined. Subjects included 66 supervisors and executives. While the importance of conditions of trust differed within each dyad, the results were not as predicted, as the order of importance was the same for all three dyads: integrity > competence > loyalty > consistency > openness. Among dyads, no differences were found for the importance of integrity, competence, or loyalty while consistency and openness were more important for trust in peers than trust in supervisors or subordinates.
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- Authors
- Schindler, P. L., & Thomas, C. C.
- Affiliations
- Rockwell International (United States) (US)
- California State University, Long Beach (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1993-10
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 563-573
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W2082069635
- Cited by
- 136
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Keywords
- interpersonal trust, workplace trust, integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, openness, peer trust, dyadic trust, executives
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