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      Trust relationships : an exposition of three propositions

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      Date
      2004-03-17
      Author
      Small, Anthony Robert
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      The argument presented here is that individual trust acts facilitate mutual exchange and are, therefore, the ground for the creation, elaboration and sustainability of organisations; specifically, democratic, educational organisations within Canada. The researcher assembles a composite definition of trust, which informs an analysis of themes found in the literature on both leadership and trust. The author argues three propositions based on trust to support the conclusion that trust determines follower receptivity to diverse leader behaviours. Proposition 1 is that, ‘trust and leadership require the free participation of agents. The degree to which agents perceive themselves as ‘free’ with respect to their interests is a measure of the utility of trust. Proposition 2 that, ‘trust and leadership are relational phenomena necessary for the creation and sustainability of organisations: trust is causative in this regard than is leadership. Proposition 3 is that, ‘the objects of trust and leadership may be concrete as in trust of another person or abstract as in trust in an institution (i.e., in a democracy). Trust is a paradox since the institutionalization of distrust is required for its function. This distrust takes the form of laws, sanctions, customs and norms. Trust is defined by the researcher as a particular item of experience or reality; specifically, the expectation that one will be treated justly in exchanges with others. To trust means to make oneself vulnerable for the purpose of entering into such exchanges, expressly or through an act of law.
      Degree
      Master of Education (M.Ed.)
      Department
      Educational Administration
      Program
      Educational Administration
      Supervisor
      Scharf, Murray P.
      Committee
      Walker, Keith D.; Sackney, Lawrence (Larry); Carr-Stewart, Sheila; Wickett, R. E. Y. (Reg)
      Copyright Date
      March 2004
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-05032004-203134
      Subject
      administration
      schools
      leadership
      trust
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