TY - JOUR
T1 - Reciprocity of trust in the supervisor-subordinate relationship
T2 - The mediating role of autonomy and the sense of power
AU - Seppälä, Tuija
AU - Lipponen, Jukka
AU - Pirttila-Backman, Anna Maija
AU - Lipsanen, Jari
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - This article develops and tests a model of reciprocal trust between supervisor and subordinate. Drawing from literature on trust and control and on the approach/inhibition theory of power, the authors present a model in which supervisor trust is suggested to enhance subordinate reciprocal trust through increased work-related autonomy and a heightened sense of power. The mediator analysis using the two-level full structural model confirmed that the relationship between supervisor trust and subordinate trust was partially mediated by the suggested chain of variables. The article responds to a call for empirical studies on reciprocal trust and offers a complementary mechanism for trust building beside characteristics and relationship-based approaches.
AB - This article develops and tests a model of reciprocal trust between supervisor and subordinate. Drawing from literature on trust and control and on the approach/inhibition theory of power, the authors present a model in which supervisor trust is suggested to enhance subordinate reciprocal trust through increased work-related autonomy and a heightened sense of power. The mediator analysis using the two-level full structural model confirmed that the relationship between supervisor trust and subordinate trust was partially mediated by the suggested chain of variables. The article responds to a call for empirical studies on reciprocal trust and offers a complementary mechanism for trust building beside characteristics and relationship-based approaches.
KW - Autonomy
KW - Reciprocal trust
KW - Sense of power
KW - Supervisor-subordinate relationship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859027583&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1359432X.2010.507353
DO - 10.1080/1359432X.2010.507353
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859027583
VL - 20
SP - 755
EP - 778
JO - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
JF - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
SN - 1359-432X
IS - 6
ER -