Roderick M. Kramer

Bio: Roderick M. Kramer is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Distrust & Paranoia. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 98 publications receiving 18070 citations. Previous affiliations of Roderick M. Kramer include Harvard University & University of Richmond.

TRUST AND DISTRUST IN ORGANIZATIONS: Emerging Perspectives, Enduring Questions

Abstract: Scholarly interest in the study of trust and distrust in organizations has grown dramatically over the past five years. This interest has been fueled, at least in part, by accumulating evidence that trust has a number of important benefits for organizations and their members. A primary aim of this review is to assess the state of this rapidly growing literature. The review examines recent progress in conceptualizing trust and distrust in organizational theory, and also summarizes evidence regarding the myriad benefits of trust within organizational systems. The review also describes different forms of trust found in organizations, and the antecedent conditions that produce them. Although the benefits of trust are well-documented, creating and sustaining trust is often difficult. Accordingly, the chapter concludes by examining some of the psychological, social, and institutional barriers to the production of trust. CONTENTS

Trust in Organizations: Frontiers of Theory and Research.

Abstract: Whither Trust? - Tom R Tyler and Roderick M Kramer Trust in Organizations - W E Douglas Creed and Raymond E Miles A Conceptual Framework Linking Organizational Forms, Managerial Philosophies and the Opportunity Costs of Controls Trust and Technology - David Kipnis Trust-Based Forms of Governance - Walter W Powell Trust and Third-Party Gossip - Ronald S Burt and Marc Knez Collaboration Structure and Information Dilemmas in Biotechnology - Lynne G Zucker et al Interpersonal and Organizational Boundaries as Trust Production Developing and Maintaining Trust in Work Relationships - Roy J Lewicki and Barbara B Bunker Micro OB and the Network Organization - Blair H Sheppard and Marla Tuchinsky Swift Trust in Temporary Groups - Debra Meyerson, Roderick M Kramer and Karl Weick The Road to Hell - Sim B Sitkin and Darryl Stickel The Dynamics of Distrust in an Era of Quality Divergent Realities and Convergent Disappointments in the Hierarchical Relation - Roderick M Kramer Trust and the Intuitive Auditor at Work Beyond Distrust - Robert J Bies and Tom Tripp Getting Even and the Need for Revenge Organizational Responses to Crisis - Aneil K Mishra The Centrality of Trust Trust and Crisis - Eugene J Webb The Organizational Trust Inventory (OTI) - L L Cummings and Philip Bromiley Development and Validation Trust in Organizational Authorities - Tom R Tyler and Peter Degoey The Influence of Motive Attributions on Willingness to Accept Decisions Collective Trust and Collective Action - Roderick M Kramer, Marilynn B Brewer and Benjamin J Hanna The Decision to Trust as a Social Decision Understanding the Interaction between Procedural and Distributive Justice - Joel Brockner and Phyllis Siegel The Role of Trust

Trust in Organizations: Frontiers of Theory and Research

Abstract: Whither Trust? - Tom R Tyler and Roderick M Kramer Trust in Organizations - W E Douglas Creed and Raymond E Miles A Conceptual Framework Linking Organizational Forms, Managerial Philosophies and the Opportunity Costs of Controls Trust and Technology - David Kipnis Trust-Based Forms of Governance - Walter W Powell Trust and Third-Party Gossip - Ronald S Burt and Marc Knez Collaboration Structure and Information Dilemmas in Biotechnology - Lynne G Zucker et al Interpersonal and Organizational Boundaries as Trust Production Developing and Maintaining Trust in Work Relationships - Roy J Lewicki and Barbara B Bunker Micro OB and the Network Organization - Blair H Sheppard and Marla Tuchinsky Swift Trust in Temporary Groups - Debra Meyerson, Roderick M Kramer and Karl Weick The Road to Hell - Sim B Sitkin and Darryl Stickel The Dynamics of Distrust in an Era of Quality Divergent Realities and Convergent Disappointments in the Hierarchical Relation - Roderick M Kramer Trust and the Intuitive Auditor at Work Beyond Distrust - Robert J Bies and Tom Tripp Getting Even and the Need for Revenge Organizational Responses to Crisis - Aneil K Mishra The Centrality of Trust Trust and Crisis - Eugene J Webb The Organizational Trust Inventory (OTI) - L L Cummings and Philip Bromiley Development and Validation Trust in Organizational Authorities - Tom R Tyler and Peter Degoey The Influence of Motive Attributions on Willingness to Accept Decisions Collective Trust and Collective Action - Roderick M Kramer, Marilynn B Brewer and Benjamin J Hanna The Decision to Trust as a Social Decision Understanding the Interaction between Procedural and Distributive Justice - Joel Brockner and Phyllis Siegel The Role of Trust

Choice behavior in social dilemmas: Effects of social identity, group size, and decision framing.

Abstract: Les auteurs ont explore les effets structurant sur des decisions impliquant l'utilisation de ressources communes, en fonction de l'identite sociale, de la taille du groupe de sujets (N=88) et de la structure de decision

The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

Abstract: A hypothesized need to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships is evaluated in light of the empirical literature. The need is for frequent, nonaversive interactions within an ongoing relational bond. Consistent with the belongingness hypothesis, people form social attachments readily under most conditions and resist the dissolution of existing bonds. Belongingness appears to have multiple and strong effects on emotional patterns and on cognitive processes. Lack of attachments is linked to a variety of ill effects on health, adjustment, and well-being. Other evidence, such as that concerning satiation, substitution, and behavioral consequences, is likewise consistent with the hypothesized motivation. Several seeming counterexamples turned out not to disconfirm the hypothesis. Existing evidence supports the hypothesis that the need to belong is a powerful, fundamental, and extremely pervasive motivation.

Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage

Abstract: Scholars of the theory of the firm have begun to emphasize the sources and conditions of what has been described as “the organizational advantage,” rather than focus on the causes and consequences of market failure. Typically, researchers see such organizational advantage as accruing from the particular capabilities organizations have for creating and sharing knowledge. In this article we seek to contribute to this body of work by developing the following arguments: (1) social capital facilitates the creation of new intellectual capital; (2) organizations, as institutional settings, are conducive to the development of high levels of social capital; and (3) it is because of their more dense social capital that firms, within certain limits, have an advantage over markets in creating and sharing intellectual capital. We present a model that incorporates this overall argument in the form of a series of hypothesized relationships between different dimensions of social capital and the main mechanisms and proces...

Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges

Abstract: This article discusses the research strategy of theory building from cases, particularly multiple cases. Such a strategy involves using one or more cases to create theoretical constructs, propositions, and/or midrange theory from case-based, empirical evidence. Replication logic means that each case serves as a distinct experiment that stands on its own merits as an analytic unit. The frequent use of case studies as a research strategy has given rise to some challenges that can be mitigated by the use of very precise wording and thoughtful research design.

Not So Different After All: A Cross-Discipline View Of Trust

Abstract: Our task is to adopt a multidisciplinary view of trust within and between firms, in an effort to synthesize and give insight into a fundamental construct of organizational science. We seek to identify the shared understandings of trust across disciplines, while recognizing that the divergent meanings scholars bring to the study of trust also can add value.

Social Identity Theory and the Organization

Abstract: It is argued that (a) social identification is a perception of oneness with a group of persons; (b) social identification stems from the categorization of individuals, the distinctiveness and prestige of the group, the salience of outgroups, and the factors that traditionally are associated with group formation; and (c) social identification leads to activities that are congruent with the identity, support for institutions that embody the identity, stereotypical perceptions of self and others, and outcomes that traditionally are associated with group formation, and it reinforces the antecedents of identification. This perspective is applied to organizational socialization, role conflict, and intergroup relations.