Table 1

Definitions of distrust

OrientationDEFINITIONSAUTHOR(S)
Certainty- orientedA complete lack of trustSchoorman et al. (2007) 
Absence of faith in other peopleRoss et al. (2001) 
A belief that a person’s values or motives will cause them to approach all situations in an unacceptable waySitkin and Roth (1993)
Uncertainty- orientedConfident negative expectations regarding another’s conduct; a fear of, a propensity to attribute sinister intentions to, or a desire to buffer oneself from the effects of another’s conductLumineau (2017) 
Negative expectations regarding another’s conductLewicki et al. (1998) 
Expectations of injurious actionsLuhmann (1979) as cited in Kramer (1999)
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