Barbara Kożuch is a Professor of Management at the University of Social Sciences in Łódź, Poland.Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek is Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the Silesian University of Technology, Poland.

• 1. Introduction 2. Towards digital transformation in the public sector 3. The essence of organizational trust 4. Public organizations and networks as subjects of organizational trust 5. Redefining organizational trust for the digital era 6. Digital technologies in the public sector 7. Tackling challenges of building digital trust in the public sector 8. Creating trust as a critical issue of digital transformation 9. Conclusions

Barbara Kożuch is a Professor of Management at the University of Social Sciences in Łódź, Poland.Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek is Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the Silesian University of Technology, Poland.

• 1. Introduction 2. Towards digital transformation in the public sector 3. The essence of organizational trust 4. Public organizations and networks as subjects of organizational trust 5. Redefining organizational trust for the digital era 6. Digital technologies in the public sector 7. Tackling challenges of building digital trust in the public sector 8. Creating trust as a critical issue of digital transformation 9. Conclusions

Barbara Kożuch is a Professor of Management at the University of Social Sciences in Łódź, Poland.Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek is Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the Silesian University of Technology, Poland.

• 1. Introduction 2. Towards digital transformation in the public sector 3. The essence of organizational trust 4. Public organizations and networks as subjects of organizational trust 5. Redefining organizational trust for the digital era 6. Digital technologies in the public sector 7. Tackling challenges of building digital trust in the public sector 8. Creating trust as a critical issue of digital transformation 9. Conclusions