The concept of trust is regarded as one of the essential building blocks of social science
theory. It has been studied across a variety of disciplines and has even been equated with …

According to Confucius, the three essential components of successful government are trust,
food and weapons. Many since him have repeated, in one way or another, the general …

In recent years, empirical trust research has made significant progress. Whereas theoretical
concepts and empirical evidence about causes and consequences of political and social …

There are two basic views. One view posits that trust research has accomplished much since
the mid-1990s (eg Mayer, Davis, & Schoorman, 1995). Trust research has enjoyed an …

I came upon the study of trust by accident. In 1993 I published a book in which I linked the
decline in comity among members of Congress to increasing incivility in the American public …

What makes trust such a powerful concept? Is it merely that in trust the whole range of social
forces that we know play together? Or is it that trust involves a peculiar element beyond …

Handbook of research methods on trust Page 1 Handbook of ReseaRcH MetHods on tRust
Page 2 Handbooks of ReseaRcH MetHods In ManaGeMent Series Editor: Mark NK Saunders …

This article provides an overview of social trust, examining its various aspects and
components. Trust is best understood in a sociological sense by focusing on its important …

Trust is key to understanding the dynamics of social relations, to the extent that it is often
viewed as the glue that holds society together. We review the mounting sociological …

Trust is a concept that has attracted-significant attention in economic theory and research
within the last two decades: it has been applied in a number of contexts and has been …