Development And Consequences Of Trust In Group Project”. Research Paper

Student project groups are a popular teaching tool used by
marketing and business instructors. Despite the merits of
group projects, trust often breaks down, and a valuable
opportunity for learning may deteriorate into disharmony
and personal frustration. Using literature on teamwork, student
project groups, and trust, as well as qualitative data
gathered from 135 undergraduate business school students,
the authors develop a model of the determinants and consequences
of a climate of trust within student project groups. In
particular, they consider the attributes and behaviors students
consider when judging the trustworthiness of fellow
group members, the perceived consequences of distrust
within groups, and facilitating tools or activities that help foster
group trust. Findings provide a number of interesting