Exploring the Change from Low-Trust to High-Trust Organizations

Søren Jagd

Exploring the Change from Low-Trust to High-Trust Organizations

Søren Jagd

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Abstract

En hurtigt voksende literatur peger på vigtigheden af tillid for organisationer og på en eksplicit anvendelse af tillid som et ledelsesredskab. Det eksplicitte eller implicitte budskab, både i ledelsesliteraturen og i forskningsliteraturen om tillid som et ledelsesredskab, er at ledere skal gennemføre personlige og organisatoriske forandringsprojekter der leder hen mod højtillidsorganisationer. I dette papir diskuterer jeg hvordan vi kan forstå denne forandring mod højtillidsorganisationer: Hvad betyder begrebet højtillidsorganisationer og hvordan kan vi forstå forandringsprocessen hen mod højtillidsorganisationer? Jeg påpeger at det stadigt er uklart hvad begrebet højtillidsorganisationer konkret betyder og at forandringsprocessen i retning af højtillidsorganisationer involverer både en kvantitativ og en kvalitativ udvikling til tillid i organisationen. Et særligt vigtigt tema er udviklingen af koblingen mellem tillid og selvkontrol. På baggrund af denne analyse argumenteres at distinktionen mellem lavtillids- og højtillidsorganisationer er meget mere kompleks og involverer radikale forandringer i organisationskulturen end der antages i ledelsesliteraturen om tillid som et ledelsesredskab.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Publikationsdato	2008
Antal sider	22
Status	Udgivet - 2008
Begivenhed	First ISA Forum on Sociology - Barcelona, Spanien Varighed: 5 sep. 2008 → 8 sep. 2008

Konference

Konference	First ISA Forum on Sociology
Land/Område	Spanien
By	Barcelona
Periode	05/09/2008 → 08/09/2008

Emneord

tillid
organisationsforandring

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