Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

The premise of much research on dyadic trust building within organizations has been framed around the relationship as it emerges in the work context. Such models, including the seminal Mayer et al. (1995) model of dyadic trust, have been applied to contexts outside North America without a careful understanding of the distribution of social practices and everyday situations in such contexts. This chapter examines culture-specific workways as a starting point for understanding subordinates’ trust in their supervisors in collectivist cultures. Workways refer to the pattern of workplace beliefs, mental models and practices about what is true, good and efficient within the domain of work. Drawing from interviews with sixty organizational respondents from two countries, Turkey and China, we propose that the multiplexity of work relations needs to be taken into account as both personal and professional life domains are important for understanding supervisor–subordinate trust in collectivist cultures.

Keywords

Trust, collectivist cultures, work relations, Turkey, China

Discipline

Multicultural Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Organizational Trust: A Cultural Perspective

Editor

M. N. K. Saunders, D. Skinner, G. Dietz, N. Gillespie, Y R. J. Lewicki

First Page

311

Last Page

335

ISBN

9780521737791

Identifier

10.1017/CBO9780511763106.013

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

City or Country

Cambridge

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511763106.013

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