elite's trust is an important part of the social capital in a social system that can lead to further system goals. relationship and influence on students by the professors of universities has an important place for them among the elite. subject of this article is the trust of university professors in islamic republic of iran (iri). essential questions focused on various aspects of professo...

Using panel data method, this study examines the effects of different dimensions of social capital on innovation at the societal level across 21 countries (19 Asian countries plus Russia and Egypt) for the period 1995-2011. Dimensions of social capital that have been considered in this study include generalized trust, trust toward friends, institutional trust, civic participation, and norms of ...

In this paper we outline an approach for reasoning about the trustworthiness of users when advice from peers is provided and a majority opinion is central to the overall calculation. Typically, trust modeling frameworks have reasoned with binary reports from peers (i.e. trustworthy or not). In this paper, we illustrate how to do trust modeling when numeric advice is provided, instead (i.e. degr...

Trust is a construct of paramount importance in society. Accordingly, computational trust is evolving fast in order to allow trust in artificial societies. Despite the advances in this research field, most computational trust approaches evaluate trust by estimating the trustworthiness of the agents under evaluation (the trustees), without however distinguishing between the different dimensions ...

1. The Significance of Group Trustworthiness We value trustworthiness where we find it, in friends, colleagues, and strangers. This is because it is easier to cooperate with trustworthy individuals than with untrustworthy ones, but also because trustworthiness is appreciated for its own sake. Conversely, we resent untrustworthiness when we encounter it, and try to minimise interaction with untr...

We analyze the determinants of trust and trustworthiness in a matching equilibrium when agents have heterogeneous predispositions towards trusting and trustworthy behavior, there is transmission of information via both individual and collective reputations, and successful matches may persist. In new matches, more social trustworthiness breeds more individual trust. However, whether more social ...