I am pleased to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of Foundations and Trends in Management:
Revisiting the Foundations of Organizational Distrust
By: Shiau-Ling Guo (Purdue University, USA), Fabrice Lumineau (Purdue University, USA) and Roy J. Lewicki (Purdue University, USA)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/3400000001
Description:
Parallel to the very large scholarly interest in trust, scholars in management and related disciplines have made the case for the importance of distrust as a related but distinct construct. This paper critically assesses current literature on distrust in organizational settings. We first take stock of the extant research on organizational distrust and suggest an integrative framework. Second, to underpin research on organizational distrust, we examine the different scholarly perspectives on the conceptual relationship between trust and distrust. In turn, we discuss key issues to position research on trust and distrust. Third, we highlight empirical evidence on the role of distrust as opposed to that of trust. We specifically discuss alternative approaches and implications about how distrust and trust can be empirically distinguished. Fourth, we make suggestions to integrate distrust research into relationship repair literature. Fifth, we summarize our review and point to specific areas for new theoretical and empirical research on distrust, particularly at the organizational level. Finally, we discuss specific empirical challenges in this growing literature. Based on our systematic discussion of the organizational distrust literature, we believe that we have opened up prospective avenues to advance distrust research in strategic management.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Extant Research on Distrust in Organizational Settings
3. Conceptual Relationships between Trust and Distrust
4. The Relationship between Trust and Distrust: Empirical Evidence and Research Opportunities
5. Other Research Avenues Connecting Distrust to Strategic Management
6. Specific Empirical Challenges in Distrust Studies
7. Conclusion
References
View all FnT MGT issues here:
www.nowpublishers.com/mgt
Tanya Capawana
now -- the essence of knowledge
P.O. Box 1024
Hanover, MA 02339 USA
t: +1-781-871-0245
f: +1-781-871-6172
em: tanya.capawana@nowpublishers.com
www.nowpublishers.com