Research on the Relationship between the Characteristics of the Trustee and Trust in Construction Projects

Abstract:

There is in lack of trust in construction projects. It is criticized by many scholars. Trust has the function of decreasing transaction cost and improving project performance. The characteristics of the trustee have important function on occurrence of trust. More specifically, the trustee’s reputation, competence and promise keeping contribute to occurrence of trust.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 468-471)
• Pages: 1435-1438
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.468-471.1435
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Wei Ping Jiang, Qian Zhang, Yun Le, Jian Fang
• Keywords: Constriction Project, Trust, Trustee

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