Identifying personality traits to enhance trust between organisations: an experimental approach
✍ Scribed by René Fahr; Bernd Irlenbusch
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 363 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0143-6570
- DOI
- 10.1002/mde.1415
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We investigate an experimental representatives' trust game which resembles trust relationships between representatives of organisations. Personality traits of subjects are elicited by a personality questionnaire (Cattell's 16 PF‐R) which is well established in personnel psychology. For the first time, personality traits are linked to actually observed behaviour in a trust game. Detailed personality profiles are derived and it is shown that they differ significantly between behavioural types. Individuals with low scores in anxiety turn out to be particularly qualified for enhancing trust between organisations. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.