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Preface / Roy Lewicki -- Introduction rosalind searle, ann-marie nienaber, sim sitkin -- Foundations -- Affect-based trust / Dan van Knippenberg -- Reciprocal trust : a self-reinforcing dynamic process / Audrey Koorsgaard -- Swift trust: state-of-the-art and future research directions / Karen...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I Foundations of trust -- 1 Reconsidering affect-based trust: A new research agenda -- 2 Reciprocal trust: A self-reinforcing dynamic process --...