Research in Management

We are living in an age of pervasive distrust one so severe that journalistsdiscuss the trust deficit almost as regularly as they do trade or economicshortfalls. Perceptions of injustice and lack of fairness have increased so muchduring the years after the economic crash of 2008 that few organizations bothpublic and private have been left unaffected. In fact numerous opinion pollsillustrate deep distrust on the part of participants towards political leadersgovernment organizations and certainly business leaders across manyindustries. Democrats Republicans conservatives liberals the wealthy thepoor executives police officers managers - the list goes on and on. Somemonths back an NBC/WSJ survey showed an eye-popping 82% disapproval rating for the U.S. Congress thelowest in the history of the poll! With this climate as a backdrop Volume 9 of the Research in Managementseries brings together seven chapters written by leading scholars in the field of justice and trust who present newresearch models and conceptualizations to provide insights for key issues in this field both from a scholarlyperspective as well as pragmatic suggestions for practice.