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Development and Validation of the Corporate Distrust Scale

Adams, Jason E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1208359053

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2008, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
Previous organizational research on trust and distrust has focused mainly on interpersonalrelationships such as trust of managers or coworkers, however little is known about institutionallevel attitudes, such as corporate trust/distrust. The purpose of the current study was to develop a measure to evaluate attitudes of distrust people have toward corporations. Evidence for the construct validity of the new measure was obtained sampling a broad cross-section of working adults. Psychometric properties of the measure suggested high internal consistency and a unidimensional factor structure. Nomological validity of the construct in relation to other measures provided further support for the construct validity of the measure. Future applications of the measure in behavioral research are discussed.
Scott Highhouse (Advisor)
John Tisak (Committee Member)
Michael Zickar (Committee Member)
58 p.
Psychology
attitude measurement; scale development; distrust

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  • Adams, J. E. (2008). Development and Validation of the Corporate Distrust Scale [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1208359053

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Adams, Jason. Development and Validation of the Corporate Distrust Scale. 2008. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1208359053.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Adams, Jason. "Development and Validation of the Corporate Distrust Scale." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1208359053

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