Trusting the “Look and Feel”: Situational Normality, Situational Aesthetics, and the Perceived Trustworthiness of Organizations

We conducted two studies examining how the “look and feel” of an organization shapes newcomers’ trust in that organization. More specifically, we examined the effects of situational normality—the d...

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Academy of Management Journal

• Publication date

  2017-04-21

• Fields of study

  Business, Psychology

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  DOI 10.5465/AMJ.2016.0248
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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