In the Eyes of the Beholder: The Relationship Between Subordinates' Felt Trustworthiness and their Work Attitudes and Behaviors

This study extends the literature on trust and leadership by examining trust from a new perspective. Specifically, we investigate how subordinates' perceptions of their leaders' trust in them, which we label subordinates' felt trustworthiness, influence their performance, organization...

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Published inJournal of leadership & organizational studies Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 17 - 33
Main Authors Lester, Scott W, Brower, Holly H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Flint Sage Publications, Inc 22.09.2003
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Attitudes
Behavior
Beliefs
Citizenship
Credibility
Definitions
Employee attitude
Employee Attitudes
Expectation
Job performance
Job satisfaction
Leaders
Leadership
Leadership Effectiveness
Perceptions
Social exchange theory
Subordinates
Supervisors
Trust
Trust (Psychology)
Trustees
Trusts
Work Attitudes
Work ethic
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Summary:This study extends the literature on trust and leadership by examining trust from a new perspective. Specifically, we investigate how subordinates' perceptions of their leaders' trust in them, which we label subordinates' felt trustworthiness, influence their performance, organizational citizenship behavior and job satisfaction. Results demonstrated a positive relationship between felt trustworthiness and these dependent measures. Furthermore, felt trustworthiness was a more significant predictor of these outcomes than the subordinates' perceptions of their leaders' trustworthiness. Implications of these_findings are discussed.
ISSN:1548-0518
1939-7089
DOI:10.1177/107179190301000203