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Building and Protecting Organizational Trust with External Publics: Canadian Senior Executives' Perspectives

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Background  Building and protecting trust has always been challenging, yet critical for organizational success. Analysis This article examines how Canadian organizations recognized as being successful generate trust with their external… Click to show full abstract

Background  Building and protecting trust has always been challenging, yet critical for organizational success. Analysis This article examines how Canadian organizations recognized as being successful generate trust with their external publics. Using a grounded theory approach, the authors interviewed 10 senior executives from publicly recognized successful Canadian companies. Conclusion and implications  Based on their findings, the authors propose eight principles for organizations to follow to build and protect organizational trust with their external publics. Keywords  Organizational trust; In-depth interviews; Grounded theory; External publics Contexte La construction et la protection de la confiance ont toujours ete difficiles, mais essentielles pour le succes de l’organisation. Analyse Cet article examine comment les organisations canadiennes qui sont reconnues comme reussies instaurent la confiance avec leurs publics externes. En utilisant une approche de la theorie ancree, dix cadres superieurs d’entreprises reussies publiquement reconnues ont ete interviewes au Canada. Conclusions et implications S’inspirant de leurs decouvertes, les auteurs proposent huit principes pour les organisations a suivre afin de construire et de proteger la confiance organisationnelle avec leurs publics externes. Mots cles  Confiance organisationnelle: Entretiens approfondis; Theorie ancree; Public externe

Keywords: organizational trust; building protecting; trust; trust external; external publics; senior executives

Journal Title: Canadian journal of communication
Year Published: 2017

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