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- Title
Trust and formal contracts in interorganizational relationships — substitutes and complements.
- Authors
Mellewigt, Thomas; Madhok, Anoop; Weibel, Antoinette
- Abstract
We hypothesize that trust is a moderator of the direct relationship between control and coordination concerns and contractual complexity. Our results suggest that high trust weakens the positive relationship between control concerns and contractual complexity and reinforces the positive relationship between coordination concerns and contractual complexity. By highlighting the dual role of contracts (i.e. a controlling and coordinating function) and the moderating role of trust in this regard, our paper provides a new focus to the current discussion on the relationship between trust and contracts (i.e. substitutes or complements) that may help reconcile some divergent perspectives in the literature. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
INTERORGANIZATIONAL relations; INTERORGANIZATIONAL networks; INTERGROUP relations; COMPLEX organizations; BUSINESS communication; TRUSTS & trustees; EQUITY (Law); INDUSTRIAL design coordination; INDUSTRIAL design
- Publication
Managerial & Decision Economics, 2007, Vol 28, Issue 8, p833
- ISSN
0143-6570
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1002/mde.1321