Trust and Organizations

Johan Fornäs, Södertörn University, SwedenMaria Gustavson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Bo Rothstein, University of Gothenburg, SwedenNiklas Egels-Zandén, University of Gothenburg, SwedenIngrid Gustafsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Kristina Tamm Hallström, Stockholm School of Economics and Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score), SwedenLars Strannegård, Stockholm School of Economics, SwedenPernilla Petrelius Karlberg, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Maria Grafström, Stockholm University, Sweden Karolina Windell, Uppsala University, SwedenEva Hagbjer, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Johnny Lind, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Ebba Sjögren, Stockholm School of Economics, SwedenLars Trägårdh, Ersta Sköndal University College, Sweden

"The enormous value of trust for everyday organizational life is widely underestimated in literature. Most mainstream theories focus upon different social forces, e.g. power, control, and normative and institutional pressures, whereas interpersonal and generalized trust is rarely recognized as a vital glue for linking actions in and beyond organizations. Against this backdrop, this volume is especially precious, as it provides a state-of-the-art overview, new ideas and insights on trust from various perspectives." - Michael Meyer, Professor and Chair, Research Institute for Nonprofit Organisations, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria "Understanding trust in an organizational context is a highly innovative way to build a bridge between theories of organizations and theories of society. To what extent can trust be organized and to what extent is trust a precondition for organizing? In this book the contributions provide numerous and unexpected examples of the fruitfulness of this approach. It will be exciting reading for theorists of organizations and society alike." - Goran Ahrne, Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden "Trust and confidence are key issues in all organizational life today. This state-of-the-art volume is particularly welcome for raising new questions about the complexity, multi-dimensionality, and interdependence of trust and public life. Provides a host of new and thought-provoking answers, illustrating its insights from a distinctive Nordic and interdisciplinary perspective." - Miriam Glucksmann, Professor of Sociology, Essex University, UK

• 1. Trust Contextualized: Confidence in Theory and Practice; Bengt Kristensson Uggla, Marta Reuter and Filip Wijkström 2. Currency for Europe: Monetary Solidity, Trust and Identification across National Borders; Johan Fornäs 3. Can Auditing Generate Trust? The Organisation of Auditing and the Quality of Government; Maria Gustavson and Bo Rothstein 4. From Global Consumer Power to Local Worker Power; Niklas Egels-Zandén 5. The Certification Paradox: Monitoring as a Solution and a Problem; Ingrid Gustafsson and Kristina Tamm Hallström 6. The Triumph of Feelings: On the Power of Imagery in Business; Lars Strannegård 7. The Creation of a Crisis of Confidence: A Study of the Mediatization of the Red Cross; Pernilla Petrelius Karlberg, Maria Grafström and Karolina Windell 8. Trust in the Monitoring of Publicly Funded Services: A Case Study of Two Outsourced Care Homes for the Elderly; Eva Hagbjer, Johnny Lind and Ebba Sjögren 9. The Grammar of Trust as Ethical Challenge; Bengt Kristensson Uggla 10. The Historical Incubators of Trust in Sweden: From the Rule of Blood to the Rule of Law; Lars Trägårdh List of Contributors Index