Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes

Stable and enduring cooperative relationships among people are primarily based on mutual trust. However, little evidence exists about the effects of mutual trust between supervisor and subordinate on work outcomes. To understand better the dynamics of trust in supervisor–subordinate relationships, w...

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Main Authors: Kim, Tae-Yeol, Wang, Jie, Chen, Junsong
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52129/
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description Stable and enduring cooperative relationships among people are primarily based on mutual trust. However, little evidence exists about the effects of mutual trust between supervisor and subordinate on work outcomes. To understand better the dynamics of trust in supervisor–subordinate relationships, we examined how mutual trust between supervisor and subordinate is associated with work outcomes. Based on a sample of 247 subordinate–supervisor pairs, multilevel analyses revealed a positive effect of perceived mutual trust on task performance and interpersonal facilitation after controlling for trust in leader and felt trust. In addition, task performance and interpersonal facilitation increased as trust in leader and felt trust or trust in subordinate both increased.
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spelling nottingham-521292018-06-03T05:06:12Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52129/ Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes Kim, Tae-Yeol Wang, Jie Chen, Junsong Stable and enduring cooperative relationships among people are primarily based on mutual trust. However, little evidence exists about the effects of mutual trust between supervisor and subordinate on work outcomes. To understand better the dynamics of trust in supervisor–subordinate relationships, we examined how mutual trust between supervisor and subordinate is associated with work outcomes. Based on a sample of 247 subordinate–supervisor pairs, multilevel analyses revealed a positive effect of perceived mutual trust on task performance and interpersonal facilitation after controlling for trust in leader and felt trust. In addition, task performance and interpersonal facilitation increased as trust in leader and felt trust or trust in subordinate both increased. Springer 2016-02-24 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52129/1/mutual%20trust-R2-Final.pdf Kim, Tae-Yeol, Wang, Jie and Chen, Junsong (2016) Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes. Journal of Business Ethics, 149 (4). pp. 945-958. ISSN 1573-0697 Mutual trust; Trust in leader; Felt trust; Task performance; Interpersonal facilitation https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10551-016-3093-y doi:10.1007/s10551-016-3093-y doi:10.1007/s10551-016-3093-y
spellingShingle Mutual trust; Trust in leader; Felt trust; Task performance; Interpersonal facilitation
Kim, Tae-Yeol
Wang, Jie
Chen, Junsong
Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes
title Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes
title_full Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes
title_fullStr Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes
title_short Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes
title_sort mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes
topic Mutual trust; Trust in leader; Felt trust; Task performance; Interpersonal facilitation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52129/
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