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  • Organizational Psychology
  • Team Dynamics
  • Communication Studies

Background:

  • Trust is vital for team communication and performance.
  • Limited research exists on establishing trust and understanding mistrust within teams.
  • Mistrust is considered distinct from trust and requires separate investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the correlation between trust climate, leader-member exchange, trust, mistrust, communication, and job performance.
  • To examine the mediating roles of trust and mistrust in the relationship between trust climate/leader-member exchange and communication.
  • To explore the mediating role of communication in the relationship between trust/mistrust and task performance.

Main Methods:

  • Survey research involving 343 full-time white-collar employees from 76 diverse teams.
  • Statistical analysis to test hypothesized correlations and mediation effects.
  • Focus on trust climate, leader-member exchange, trust, mistrust, communication, and job performance.

Main Results:

  • Trust climate and leader-member exchange positively correlated with trust, communication, and job performance.
  • Trust climate and leader-member exchange negatively correlated with mistrust.
  • Trust and mistrust were found to mediate the effects on communication, and communication mediated the effects on task performance.

Conclusions:

  • Trust climate and leader-member exchange significantly impact team members' trust, mistrust, communication, and job performance.
  • Trust and mistrust are essential components in leader-team member relationships for achieving organizational goals.
  • Developing a positive trust climate and effective leader-member exchange is key for enhancing team effectiveness.