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Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes

Kim, Tae-Yeol; Wang, Jie; Chen, Junsong

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Authors

Tae-Yeol Kim

Jie Wang

Junsong Chen



Abstract

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.

Citation

Kim, T.-Y., Wang, J., & Chen, J. (in press). Mutual trust between leader and subordinate and employee outcomes. Journal of Business Ethics, 149(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3093-y

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 16, 2016
Online Publication Date Feb 24, 2016
Deposit Date Jun 1, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jun 1, 2018
Journal Journal of Business Ethics
Print ISSN 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN 1573-0697
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 149
Issue 4
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3093-y
Keywords Mutual trust; Trust in leader; Felt trust; Task performance; Interpersonal facilitation
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/775422
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10551-016-3093-y
Additional Information The final publication is available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10551-016-3093-y
Contract Date Jun 1, 2018

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