Purpose – This study's purpose is to improve the understanding of inter‐organizational trust outcomes in supply chain … the correlated outcomes of inter‐organizational trust in supply chain relationships. A total of 33 outcome variables and … approaches used. The main research challenges refer to the: conceptualization of inter‐organizational trust; definition of supply …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the joint influence of dependence and trust in supply chain … dependence-trust-SCI-performance model and tests it using structural equation modeling based on empirical data collected from 617 … manufacturers in China. Findings – The results show that trust with customers/suppliers significantly influences SCI. Although …

role of trust in facilitating the relationship. There has been a noticeable increase in the last quarter of the twentieth … century of the importance of trust in partnerships and alliances in management literature. This paper deals with the nature … and crucial role played by trust in long‐term relationships and tries to integrate a number of different perspectives to …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated conceptual trust building model for supply chain … partners’ relationships. It is based on the literature on trust building models from various disciplines. Design …/methodology/approach – Various trust building concepts and models were reviewed and five widely referred trust building models were selected from the …

Purpose – Trust is essential for business relationships within a supply chain, and information sharing provides a key … trust and manufacturer‐supplier information sharing to determine its (positive) effect on mass customization. Design … – The results suggest that high mutual trust can lead to free information sharing between suppliers and manufacturers, which …