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Trust in Leadership: A Multi-Level Review and Integration [With Corrigendum]
The Leadership Quarterly
  • C. Shawn Burke, University of Central Florida
  • Dana E. Sims, University of Central Florida
  • Elizabeth H. Lazzara, University of Central Florida
  • Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida
Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Human Factors and Behavioral Neurobiology
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2007
Abstract/Description

Leaders have been argued to play a key role in determining organizational effectiveness across all levels (e.g., individual, team, unit) that exist within organizations. A key component in a leader's ability to be effective within such environments is the degree to which subordinates and co-workers trust him/her. Therefore, it is not surprising that researchers and practitioners alike are interested in identifying the mechanisms through which trust in leadership can be developed as well as those factors which moderate this relationship [e.g., Gillespie, N. A., Mann, L. (2004). Transformational leadership and shared values: The building blocks of trust. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 19, 588–607; Kouzes and Posner, 1995; Roberts, K. H., O'Reilly, C. A. (1974). Failures in upward communication in organizations: Three possible culprits. Academy of Management Journal, 17, 205– 215; Whitener, E. M. (1997). The impact of human resource activities on employee trust. Human Resource Management Review, 7, 389–404]. Despite this, research that has addressed the factors that foster trust in leaders and the outcomes of this trust has been disjointed and, as yet, no comprehensive model has been presented to systematically examine these factors. Therefore, the purpose of this article will be to present an integrative model of trust in leadership.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.09.006
Publisher
Pergamon Press
Additional Information

Dr. Lazzara was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.

A corrigendum to this article was published in February 2009 in volume 20, no.1, on page 55. The correction concerns the Mann Gulch disaster data on page 607. Please see this link to look at the notes: Click here for correction

Citation Information
C. Shawn Burke, Dana E. Sims, Elizabeth H. Lazzara and Eduardo Salas. "Trust in Leadership: A Multi-Level Review and Integration [With Corrigendum]" The Leadership Quarterly Vol. 18 Iss. 6 (2007) p. 606 - 632
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_lazzara/4/