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Would Trust by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet? Reflections on the Meanings and Uses of Trust Across Disciplines and Context

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Motivating Cooperation and Compliance with Authority

Part of the book series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation ((NSM,volume 62))

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The past two decades have seen an explosion in the research on trust as well as a growing lay interest in a consideration of trust as a key factor in many domains in our lives. From the macro concerns about trust in governments and institutions to micro issues regarding trust in interpersonal relationships, especially at work trust is the central explanatory construct in many conversations. In this chapter we explore the research on trust with special attention to how trust is defined, as well as a range of constructs that have been used as synonyms for trust. We also examine how the concept of trust is treated in different fields and suggest a common framework for integrating the research on trust.

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Schoorman, F.D., Wood, M.M., Breuer, C. (2015). Would Trust by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet? Reflections on the Meanings and Uses of Trust Across Disciplines and Context. In: Bornstein, B., Tomkins, A. (eds) Motivating Cooperation and Compliance with Authority. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, vol 62. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16151-8_2

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