Identification and Trust in Public Organizations: A communicative approach

Jesse W. Campbell and Tobin Im

Public Management Review, 2015, vol. 17, issue 8, 1065-1084

Abstract: Little empirical research has examined the link between organizational identification and organizational trust. Identification presupposes a level of consistency in its object, and this study proposes that trust can reduce uncertainty between organization and employee, enabling a bond between the two to form. Secondly, this research looks at how interaction with various organizational groups may affect organizational trust, thereby indirectly encouraging identification. It is thus proposed that organizational trust should be understood as an important mechanism mediating the relationship between interaction with employees at different levels of the organizational hierarchy and identification with the organization as a whole.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2014.881531

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