This paper empirically explores relations between network positions in knowledge networks andtrust. In social network … abilities andtrust in intentions). The closure argument emphasizes that dense network structures enforceindividuals to be … trustworthy. The gossip argument emphasizes that dense networks amplifiesgossip. Since it was found that different network …

third partners. We propose a micro perspective to understand how endogenous network effects, cognitive proximity of actors … and their interplay influence the evolutionary process of network formation in clusters. …