Understanding Interpersonal Trust in a Confucian Influenced Society: An Exploratory Study

• Main Authors: TAN, Hwee Hoon, CHEE, Dave
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
• Subjects: Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2835
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Adopting a qualitative methodology, this exploratory study examined the construct of trust and its factors of trustworthiness as perceived in a Confucian-influenced society. The findings of our study indicated that there are emic differences in the meaning of trust as perceived in a Confucian-infl...