We unpack trust and its underlying emotional and cognitive dimensions over time, based on
a case study of a Colombian human-rights NGO and its donors. The emotional trust …

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are undergoing an alleged crisis of
trustworthiness. The past decades have seen an increase in both academic and practitioner …

Purpose: The paper aims to find a link between the level of NGO accountability and the
social trust for non-governmental organisations (NGOs). We will investigate if the accounting …

Uncertainty impedes cooperation and trust reduces uncertainty. In the wider social sciences,
trust is conceptualized as a way to promote cooperation where control is either not feasible …

Over the past decade there has been a significant growth in the use of voluntary codes of
conduct and certification schemes as a way of strengthening NGO accountability. Current …

This paper reports on the results of a case study that examines the effect of the contract and
accounting on inter-organisational trust in an international joint venture (IJV). The empirical …

Trust is central to exchange and growth. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the financial
arena. Indeed, the term 'credit'is derived from the Latin word credere, meaning 'to believe or …

“Whatever matters to human beings, trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives” writes Sissela
Bok. Although trust is ubiquitous, understanding trust is a non-trivial challenge. Trust …

This research aims at explaining the donors' trust in the charity organizations within the
context of an emerging charity sector. Such knowledge would help these organizations …

Welcome to the 6th year birthday of Journal of Trust Research! We have published five
volumes already. In the past 5 years, we have published 33 regular articles, 12 specialforum …