Trust Differences Across National-Societal Cultures: Much to Do, or Much Ado about Nothing?

• Main Authors: FERRIN, Don, Gillespie, Nicole
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Trust; cultures; work relations; empirical research; interpersonal trust; cultural differences; Multicultural Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3142; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4141/viewcontent/Trust_differences_muchado_2010_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Does trust and its development, functions and meaning, differ between people from different national–societal cultures? There is considerable anecdotal evidence and some theoretical argumentation to suggest it does, but are these supported by empirical research? This chapter reviews the available em...