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Definition: trust from Dictionary of Politics and Government

to believe that someone will do something they have promised

Trust

From The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
Trust is a multifaceted concept typically defined as “the expectancy of positive outcomes that one can receive based on the expected action of another party in an interaction characterized by uncertainty” (Bhattacharya, Devinney, & Pillutla, (1998)). It is a variable that is of interest to scientists and practitioners working in a variety of areas of psychology involving interpersonal relationships, including marital, social, and business relationships. Psychologists treat trust as both a dispositional (personality) variable and a temporary state. Those who are predisposed to be trusting tend to give others the benefit of the doubt unless they have clear evidence that someone is untrustworthy. In social dilemma situations, they expect others to cooperate (Komorita & Parks, (1994)), and they avoid using deception (Rotter, (1980)). Trust is negatively related to Machiavellianism and authoritarianism (Deutsch, (1960)). Those who are predisposed to be distrusting actively entertain…
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From International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
Trust in an intimate partner or family member occupies a central place in a rewarding and successful relationship. Consistently, trust is regarded as one of, if not the , most important component of a loving relationship (Regan, Kocan, and Whitlock 1998), and international studies have found trust…
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From Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
The concern with trust as an important phenomenon for sociology - as distinct from the earlier focus of political philosophy and psychology - emerged during the last two decades of the twentieth century. In Trust and Power (1979), Niklas Luhmann related trust to the growing complexity, uncertainty, …
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From The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
Trust is “the expectancy of positive (or nonnegative) outcomes that one can receive based on the expected action of another party in an interaction characterized by uncertainty” (Bhattacharya, Devinney, & Pillutla, 1998, p.462). Trust is both a dispositional (personality) variable and a…
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From Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought
1 . The disposition to rely on another to behave openly, honestly and transparently towards his fellows. Trust has been identified as a vital part of social capital , a precondition of the capitalist economy, and one explanation of the difference between places where that economy has taken…
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From Collins Dictionary of Sociology
confidence in the reliability of a person or a system ( GIDDENS , 1991). A degree of basic trust in others and institutions, acquired in childhood, is often viewed as essential to satisfactory long-term social relations (see ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY AND INSECURITY ). With the detachment of individuals…
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From Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
Trust is central to human life and is considered to be essential for stable relationships, fundamental for maintaining cooperation, vital to any exchange, and necessary for even the most routine of everyday interactions. In organizations, the importance of trust has been recognized at both the…
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From Encyclopedia of Ethics
There are remarkably many views on trust, some of which make it the central focus in trust relations but most of which make trustworthiness, usually implicitly but sometimes explicitly, the central problem. For those who see trustworthiness as central, trust is typically not a moral term. For some…
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From Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
In General A trust is a financial arrangement whereby one person, the trustee, holds property (usually in the form of money) for the benefit of another person, the beneficiary. The person who establishes the trust and whose property is held in the trust is called the settlor. The trustee has legal…
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A trust is a legal entity created for the purpose of holding, managing, and distributing property for the benefit of one or more persons. A trust can hold cash, personal property , or real property, or it can be the beneficiary of life insurance proceeds. In the most basic sense, a trust is just…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
in law, arrangement whereby property legally owned by one person is administered for the benefit of another. Three parties are ordinarily needed for the relation to arise: the settlor, who bequeaths or deeds the property for another's benefit; the trustee, in whose hands the control of the property…
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