Trusting others in organizations: leaders, management and co-workers

Multiple constituencies of trust: a study of the Oman military

“…direct boss, or senior management in general) shapes by proxy her/his trust in colleagues (as was found by Den Hartog, 2003), or trust in their organization. In the former case, effective leaders bring cohesion, and hence reliability, to teams; in the latter case, official leaders are identified as representatives and custodians of the organization.…”

“…The trusted 'other' may be a colleague (McAllister, 1995) or colleagues (Langfred, 2004); one's direct supervisor or manager (Den Hartog, 2003;Dirks, 2000), an organizational constituency such as 'the senior management' (Clark and Payne, 1997;Mayer and Davis, 1999), or another department (Cummings and Bromiley, 1996).…”

Empowering behaviour and leader fairness and integrity: Studying perceptions of ethical leader behaviour from a levels-of-analysis perspective

“…For example, research shows that transformational leadership is positively related to both trust in a specific leader as well as more generalized trust in management and colleagues (Den Hartog, 2003). Also, justice research shows that procedural fairness is positively linked to trust (e.g., Cohen-Charash & Spector, 2001).…”

Examining the effects of trust in leaders: A bases-and-foci approach

“…Future research may benefit by examining whether the two-base structure of trust can be expanded to other realms of work relationships. For example, it has been argued that employees can develop a generalized trust in coworkers (Hartog, 2003). Such generalized trust does not rest with knowledge of particular individuals but rather with implicit, normative behavior that occurs within the social unit as a whole.…”