Download or read book Trust Development in Small Teams written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses the creation of a model of trust development within small military teams. The first section reviews the most recent literature relevant to the issue of trust in small teams. Limitations of existing models relevant to trust in teams are considered. The second section proposes a preliminary model of trust in small military teams. This model argues that person- & category-based factors interact with contextual factors to influence judgments of trust. The third section discusses an effort to refine the preliminary model. Focus groups conducted with members & leaders of small military teams were employed to attempt to validate the model. Several factors hypothesized in the preliminary model to impact on trust development in small teams were examined with reference to both qualitative & quantitative results. In addition, the process by which trust develops in small teams was also assessed. Based on these results, several refinements were made to the preliminary model, and recommendations for future research are explored.