
Trust within Organizations
Research group
Group leader professor Taina Savolainen
The research group focuses on studying the development of trust in workplace relationships in different organizational contexts applying a dynamic, novel process approach, different perspectives and multi-level analysis. The research involves the following sub-themes: interpersonal trust building, sustaining and deterioration, and trust breaches as well as restoration of trust in various workplace relations such as leader-follower relationships. A qualitative research approach is mainly applied to understand how trust develops over time.
Group description
While the group’s research contribute to trust theory, the findings are shared beyond academia influencing workplace practices in managing trust. The group contributes to continuing and degree education, and workplace training. The UEF trust research group aims to raise awareness of the important role trus plays in workplace relationships, organizational leadership and performance. The qualitative data gathered from multiple sources in workplaces makes it possible to produce insights into further research as well as provide knowledge to work organizations practices for understanding how trust is built, maintained and restored in work relationships. The group has published a large number of scientific articles, conference papers, and professional articles for work life,and Doctoral & Master’s Theses. More specifically, the research group collaborates with international partners and networks; in the Nordic context, within a network of four countries where themes under plan and study include broader patterns of relational leadership and trust. The main question is how relational and contextual aspects of leadership in the Nordic countries influence and are influenced by trust. A comparative cross-cultural perspective may reveal, e.g, how trust in leaders develop in the Nordic countries contexts. Moreover, in Asian context, research collaboration involves two partners in South Korea; Ajou University with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Business, Psychology and Global Management in the School of Business where the bilateral Doctoral Dual Degree Program exists, and Kyungbook National University(KNU), School of Business Admistration in Daegu.
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Group members - UEF
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Kirsti Malkamäki Coordinator , University of Eastern Finland, Centre for Continuous Learning
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Mirjami Ikonen University Lecturer , Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
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Päivi Kosonen University Teacher , Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
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Taina Savolainen Professor, Emerita , Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
Others
Other group members
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Palmira Lopez-Fresno, Spanish Association for Quality correo@palmiralopezfresno.com
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Elina Ivakko
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Jaana Salmi
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Asko Kinnunen
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Satu Mättö
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Mikko Laitinen
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Pirjo Vesa
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Links
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Doctoral dissertation Sari Häkkisen (Lindblom) 2012
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Doctoral dissertation Mirjami Ikonen 2013
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Doctoral dissertation Sari-Johanna Karhapää 2016
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Kirsti Malkamäen väitöskirja
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Doctoral dissertation Asko Kinnunen 2020
Publications
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The Role of Trust in the Strategic Management Process: A Case Study of Finnish Grocery Retail Company Kesko Ltd Malkamäki, Kirsti; Hiltunen, Esa; Aromaa, Eeva. 2021. The Role of Trust in the Strategic Management Process: A Case Study of Finnish Grocery Retail Company Kesko Ltd South asian journal of business and management cases 10 1: 21-34. 2021
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"On vähän erilaiset linjat ja käytännöt" Organisaation arvojen tarkastelua luottamuksen näkökulmasta "On vähän erilaiset linjat ja käytännöt" Organisaation arvojen tarkastelua luottamuksen näkökulmasta. Ikonen Mirjami, Salmi Jaana, Mättö Satu, Savolainen Taina / Työelämän tutkimuspäivät 2020 ohjelma ja abstraktit. 2020. 2020
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Building trust in workplace meetings: Intangible factors contributing to intellectual capital enhancement Building trust in workplace meetings: Intangible factors contributing to intellectual capital enhancement. Lopez-Fresno, Palmira; Savolainen, Taina / 17th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning. 2020. 2020
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Luottamuksen rooli etätyössä: vuorovaikutus ja läsnäolon merkitys Luottamuksen rooli etätyössä: vuorovaikutus ja läsnäolon merkitys. Savolainen, Taina, Ikonen, Mirjami, Ivakko, Elina / Työlämän tutkimuspäivät 2020 ohjelma ja abstraktit. 2020. 2020
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Trust development processes in intra-organisational relationships: A multi-level permeation of trust in a merging university Trust development processes in intra-organisational relationships: A multi-level permeation of trust in a merging university. Karhapää, Sari-Johanna; Savolainen, Taina / Multilevel Trust in Organizations: Theoretical, Analytical, and Empirical Advances. 2020. 2020
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Co-creation in Finnish textile recycling ecosystem Co-creation in Finnish textile recycling ecosystem. Ikonen Mirjami, Savolainen Taina, Nurmi Piia, Malve-Ahlroth S / Proceedings of ESEE 2019. 2019. 2019
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Luottamus johtamisjärjestelmän uudistamisessa - Narratiivinen tapaustutkimus ei-henkilöityvän luottamuksen kehittymisestä vähittäiskaupan ketjuorganisaatiossa Malkamäki, Kirsti; Ikonen, Mirjami; Savolainen, Taina. 2019. Luottamus johtamisjärjestelmän uudistamisessa - Narratiivinen tapaustutkimus ei-henkilöityvän luottamuksen kehittymisestä vähittäiskaupan ketjuorganisaatiossa Hallinnon tutkimus 38 1: 50-64. 2019
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Managing Customer Relations in Context - The cases of the University and the Private Company Managing Customer Relations in Context - The cases of the University and the Private Company. Karhapaa, Sari-Johanna; Malkamäki, Kirsti; Savolainen, Taina / Evolving Business Models in Ecosystem of Disruptive Technologies and Social Media. 2019. 2019
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ORGANISATIONAL VALUES IN DAILY LEADERSHIP FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRUST ORGANISATIONAL VALUES IN DAILY LEADERSHIP FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRUST. Salmi, Jaana; Ikonen, Mirjami / WORK2019 Abstract book. 2019. 2019
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The Role of Trust in Health Care Change Management: A Narrative Study on Nurses' Perceptions The Role of Trust in Health Care Change Management: A Narrative Study on Nurses' Perceptions. Ikonen, Mirjami; Savolainen, Taina / Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance ECMLG 2019. 2019. 2019