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From Praise to Trust : Exploring the Relationship Between Recognition and Interpersonal Trust in the Workplace
Janik, Marc (2025) From Praise to Trust : Exploring the Relationship Between Recognition and Interpersonal Trust in the Workplace.
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| Abstract: | This paper looks at how recognition influences the development of interpersonal trust in the workplace. While recognition has long been associated with employee motivation and engagement, there is no real consensus on its role in shaping interpersonal trust relationships. By conducting semi-structured interviews and using thematic analysis, a link between recognition as a practice and the development of interpersonal trust was established, leading to an understanding of what factors need to be in place to favour interpersonal trust, combating the demise of trust in the workplace in the 21st century. The paper indicates a difference between recognition as a practice and recognition as a tool – a difference crucial to how the recognition is perceived by the recipient and one that can lead to either trust building or trust breaking. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | International Business Administration BSc (50952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106927 |
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