...Tianyuan Ma; Chuang Zhang; Zhikun Zhang; Wenbo Teng Purpose We use the spread of the home country’s culture into the host country as a cultural distance bridging strategy (CDBS), examines the effect of the CDBS on host country partners’ trust in multinational enterprises (MNEs) as well...

...Mizuki H. Wyant; Ioana A. Cionea Purpose Scholars acknowledge that trust relationships between expatriates and host nationals are important; however, previous research has demonstrated that one’s culture affects how individuals define trust, which can influence how trust is developed between...

... on algorithms as a form of digital intermediation. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a study comparing the United States (US) and Japan to examine how users in the two countries perceive the features of chatbot services and how the perceived features affect user trust and emotion...

... design, starting with national level secondary data on five bid windows between 2011 and 2014, followed by eight in-depth qualitative interviews with industry experts. Findings The findings indicate that non-financial factors, such as trust (through consistent and transparent government policy...

...Hohjin Im; Chuansheng Chen Purpose This study sought to examine the relation of cultural practices and values with favoritism and nepotism/cronyism. Additionally, this study's purpose was also to examine how trust mediates the relation between culture and favoritism. Design/methodology/approach...

...: the relationship between organizational justice and affective organizational commitment, and the mediation role of organizational trust in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected data from 706 employees working in 65 universities across China, South Korea, and Australia. Multi...

...Nadia Jiménez; Sonia San Martín Purpose – This paper aims to investigate if trust plays a mediating role on the country-of-origin (COO) brand reputation and consumer animosity effects in determining consumers’ purchase intentions in both emerging and developed markets. Design/methodology...

...Keren V. More; Shay S. Tzafrir Purpose The paper aims to fill a substantive gap in the trust literature by analyzing the mediating role of trust across different national groups. It presents a theoretical advantage, from the human resource management perspective, is that the research model...

... in organisations, focusing particularly on those that take into account multicultural concerns and the need for building trust within organisational environments. It then addresses the meanings of competence as understood by executives acting in some organizations in Brazil, depicting emphases and silences...

... superior customer value delivery. The paper also shows the moderation and mediation effects of trust, equity, empathy, and commitment, which are the underpinnings of a relationship as well as important values in the above cultures. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed. © Emerald Group...

...Samir R. Chatterjee; Cecil A.L. Pearson This article explores trust in the managerial context of integrity, performance and benevolence in contemporary Asian societies. Empirical evidence is drawn from three small Asian societies where reform and transitions characterise the current socio‐economic...

...Karen Yuan Wang; Stewart Clegg Examines the relationship between trust and participation in decision making and the cultural differences and similarities between Chinese and Australian managers. Finds that the level of trust placed by managers in th eir subordinates has a direct impact...