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Reading

Rousseau, D. M., Sitkin, S. B., Burt, R. S., & Camerer, C. (1998). Not so different after all: A cross-discipline view of trust. Academy of Management Review, 23(3), 393–404.

This article represents the introduction to a set of papers regarding trust; it provides sufficient ideas for your learning without getting into the methodological and theoretical details of the accompanying papers. The authors review the main points of each paper, though in a few of the sections they primarily outline the state of the field of trust studies (of less immediate interest to us). Note that the article describes trust within and between “firms” — for our purposes, substitute “organizations” for “firms.”

Questions

1. Before reading the article: What is your definition of trust? What role does trust play in interactions among individuals and among organizations?

2. After reading the article: How do the authors characterize the definition of trust?

3. Briefly describe the four forms of trust. Choose two of the forms and provide contrasting examples from your experience.

Reading

Lambright, K. T., Mischen, P. A., & Laramee, C. B. (2009). Building trust in public and nonprofit networks. The American Review of Public Administration, 40(1), 64–82.

You can skim the “Methods” section, as well as the presentation of various models in the “Results” section — these models basically represent the different versions of a regression equation, as described in the “Methods.”

Questions

4. This article is framed around a set of hypotheses; how do articles like this come up with hypotheses?

5. Lots of terms introduced in this article. Define:

· Trust

· Trustworthiness

· Propensity to trust

· Trust transferability

· Trustor

· Trustee

· Network closure

· Structural equivalence

6. Review the revised model in Figure 3 on page 15. For at least two of the relationships, describe how this would look in a school situation.

· E.g., Successful past cooperation Perceived trustworthiness of trustee: If teacher 1 has planned units with teacher 2 and perceives those planning experiences as successful, then teacher 1’s perception of teacher 2 in regard to trustworthiness will increase.

 

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