Trust in leadership: Meta-analytic findings and implications for research and practice.

Abstract

In this study, the authors examined the findings and implications of the research on trust in leadership that has been conducted during the past 4 decades. First, the study provides estimates of the primary relationships between trust in leadership and key outcomes, antecedents, and correlates (k = 106). Second, the study explores how specifying the construct with alternative leadership referents (direct leaders vs. organizational leadership) and definitions (types of trust) results in systematically different relationships between trust in leadership and outcomes and antecedents. Direct leaders (e.g., supervisors) appear to be a particularly important referent of trust. Last, a theoretical framework is offered to provide parsimony to the expansive literature and to clarify the different perspectives on the construct of trust in leadership and its operation.

The Influence of Financial Risk Tolerance on Investment Decision-Making in a Financial Advice Context

“…In particular, strong ties between parties can help improve knowledge transfer between a knowledge seeker and a knowledge source because strong ties lead to more trust. Similarly, as relationship length also characterises the level of interaction in a relationship (Dirks & Ferrin 2002), a longer relationship between a client and the financial advice service tends to be a more trusting one and therefore, effective in transferring more useful financial/investment knowledge to the client. Consequently, an indirect influence of relationship length on financial literacy through trust is hypothesised (H4).…”

“…Tie strength refers to 'the closeness and interaction frequency of a relationship between two parties' (Levin & Cross 2004, p. 1478Hansen 1999). As relationship length also provides information about the extent of interaction between parties in a relationship (Dirks & Ferrin 2002), it can be inferred that the knowledge seeker is likely to receive more useful knowledge when the relationship between a knowledge seeker and a knowledge source has continued over a longer time period. Based on these arguments, it is hypothesised (H2) that the longer individuals use the financial advice service to help with their investments, the more useful financial knowledge they gain and the more financially literate they become from the interaction:…”

System HRM i zaufanie wewnątrzorganizacyjne jako czynniki generujące pozytywne postawy i zachowania pracowników organizacji sektora publicznego

“…Działania te budują klimat HRM w organizacji na podstawie odczuć i spostrzeżeń pracowników oraz dokonywanej przez nich ewaluacji działań w ramach HRM [Kinnie, Swart i Purcell 2005]. Wsparciem dla uzyskanych przez Autorkę rezultatów są w tym aspekcie wyniki badań Dirks and Ferrin (2002) oraz Tzafi ra i współpra-cowników (2004), w których potwierdzono rolę działań HRM dla budowania środowiska pracy opartego na zaufaniu.…”

How Does Project Supervisor Maintain Sustainability of Project Members? A Study from Leadership Perspective

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