Elgar Encyclopedia of Trust

Trust has rarely felt more consequential or more fragile. As confidence in governments, institutions, and one another is tested by polarization, betrayal, and rapid social change, understanding how trust is built, broken, and repaired has become one of the defining questions of our time. This Encyclopedia provides the state-of-the-art: 59 entries by field-defining experts in trust research, spanning management, psychology, sociology, political science, criminology, and international relations.Entries move from the foundations of trust to its dark side – distrust, betrayal, suspicion, and the vulnerability at the heart of every trusting relationship – and into the institutions where trust is won and lost: politics and democracy, policing and the courts, healthcare, schools, finance, and digital platforms. A dedicated section on trust processes examines how trust is earned, transferred, violated, and repaired, from swift trust in temporary teams to trust-building between adversarial states.Written by the experts whose academic scholarship and practical advice has guided countless businesses, governments, and institutions in working to build, monitor, and protect trust, this Encyclopedia is an essential resource for anyone hoping for a better grasp on the concept. Thus, this book is intended both for students and scholars of political science, business, psychology, sociology, and organizational studies seeking to understand and build on the state of the science, and for practitioners in management, HR, public policy, and leadership seeking an accessible compendium of research-grounded, actionable frameworks.Key Features:59 entries by field-defining, global experts in trust researchA forward-looking research agenda highlighting emerging questions and future directionsInstitutional breadth spanning democracy, policing, courts, healthcare, education, finance, and digital platformsProcess perspectives examining how trust develops, breaks down, and is repaired, from swift trust to spirals of distrust