This study aims to identify how the perception of trustworthiness and website atmosphere influences customer trust and website image to enhance stickiness, as well as the extent to which gender moderates the relationships between the constructs. The results confirmed that trustworthiness and website atmosphere have positive impacts on customer trust and website image. Customer trust and website...

In this paper, we highlight the impact of culture on relationships of authority, trust and performance in U.S. -Mexican business alliance negotiations. Using a sample of fifty-five Mexican firms with experience in alliances with U.S. counterparts, we propose cultural foundations to explain the outcomes of these negotiations in terms of governance structure (authority) and relationships (trust) ...

Many organizations have turned towards globally distributed software development (GSD) in their quest for cheap, higher-quality software that has a short development cycle. However, this kind of development has often been reported as being problematic and complex to manage. There are indications that trust is a fundamental factor in determining the success or failure of GSD projects. This artic...

Interorganizational knowledge sharing is the major driving force to maximize the operational benefits across supply chain. Trust is considered as the key to facilitate knowledge sharing. This research proposes shared values and relational embeddedness as antecedents of interorganizational trust. Survey based on managers in major industrial parks in Taiwan confirm that trust is enforced when org...

a key challenge to brand managers is how to gain a better understanding of the relationship between brand and customer loyalty constructs. researchers have recognized that brand identity plays a key role in brand management. the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of brand identity and brand identification on brand loyalty through perceived value, customer satisfaction, and trust...

nowadays organizations should be conducted in a completely challenging environment with extraordinary changes. in such situations, managers don,t have enough time to control employees and should delegate most of their tasks to their subordinates. the employees could do the tasks delegated right only when they have enough ability and knowledge and related skiles. the empowerment process is a too...

Nurses and service managers in a community trust were asked to evaluate a training course designed to help them implement the trust's clinical supervision policy. The audit identified several patterns of clinical supervision emerging within the trust. The author discusses the benefits of these to patients, staff and the organisation and draws some recommendations for nurses involved in implemen...

This study aimed at analyzing the relationship between institutional trust, work engagement and performance of physical education teachers in the cities of Tehran Province. The research had a correlational design. The statistical population of the study was comprised of all physical education teachers in the cities of Tehran Province in 2019-20 school year (1497 individuals). Random sampling me...