2016/06/21

Tierney, W. (2006) "Trust and Academic Governance," in Tiemey, W. G. (Ed.) Governance and the Public Good, SUNY Press.


  • how an individual creates trust differ from an organization's constituents' ability to create the conditions for trust.
  • trust within 
    • a rational choice framework (social obligations, expectations, norms, sanctions)
    • a cultural framework (social bonds and shared identities)
    • as shared experience (both parties share interest)
    • as learned experience
  • key = shared gov -> collaboration and cooperation -> level of trust + culture of obligation and cooperation is critical