Document Type

Conference Item

Publication Date

12-1-2009

Abstract

Research into interpersonal trust within organizational contexts tends to focus on managers as the referent, largely ignoring the topic of trust amongst coworkers.Investigations of coworker trust focus on a different referent, and are expected to have unique effects on employee behaviors. In this paper, the researcher first reviews the extant literature on trust in coworkers, trustworthiness, social undermining, organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior. Then, a model is presented to better understand the role of coworkers in shaping focal employee trust in coworkers, which in turn may influences his or her behaviors at work. Finally, this paper explains how the propositions derived from the proposed model.

Keywords

Field of Research: Human Resource Management

Divisions

Faculty_of_Business_and_Accountancy

Event Title

11th International Business Research Conference

Event Location

Sydney, Australia

Event Dates

2-4 Dec 2009

Event Type

conference

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