Dimensionality of interpersonal trust and its relationship to innovativeness
Companies striving for a competitive edge need to have insight into factors that best promote innovativeness. Our quantitative study explored the relationship between sub- dimensions of interpersonal trust and innovativeness on both lateral and vertical organisational levels. The convenience samplin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013-07-01
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| Series: | The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/223 |
| Summary: | Companies striving for a competitive edge need to have insight into factors that best promote innovativeness. Our quantitative study explored the relationship between sub- dimensions of interpersonal trust and innovativeness on both lateral and vertical organisational levels. The convenience sampling technique (N=95) focused on the members of the maintenance and production teams of a division within a large petrochemical company. Data were gathered through previously validated, structured questionnaires.
Research on the specific combination of sub-dimensions and organisational levels has, to the best of our knowledge, neither been linked within the same study, nor within a South African context, before.
Results revealed practically significant positive correlations between several sub- dimensions of trust and innovativeness that can assist management in developing more focused strategies to develop a competitive edge.
Keywords: Interpersonal trust, vertical trust, lateral trust, cognitive-based trust, affective-based trust, organisational innovativeness
Disciplines: Organisational behaviour, Innovative studies, Business studies |
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| ISSN: | 1817-4434 2415-2005 |