Trust in Effective International Business Cooperation: Mediating Effect of Work Engagement

Objective: This study aims to analyse the relationships between relational competence and its trust-building processes with individuals’ traits considered as psychological antecedents of inter-organizational relationships (IORs), outcomes. We hypothesize that organizational trust-building compete...

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Main Authors: Małgorzata Chrupała-Pniak, Damian Grabowski, Monika Sulimowska-Formowicz
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Language:English
Published: Cracow University of Economics 2017-06-01
Series:Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
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Online Access:https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/238
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author Małgorzata Chrupała-Pniak
Damian Grabowski
Monika Sulimowska-Formowicz
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description Objective: This study aims to analyse the relationships between relational competence and its trust-building processes with individuals’ traits considered as psychological antecedents of inter-organizational relationships (IORs), outcomes. We hypothesize that organizational trust-building competence, situational trust, trust propensity, and autonomous motivation of cooperating teams and their managers influence IORs outcomes through work engagement of cooperating people. Research Design & Methods: We addressed 210 managers and 982 employees responsible for inter-organizational cooperation from medium and big companies. As explanatory model we adopted the job resources-demands (JR-D) model. Correlation, regression, mediation analyses with bootstrapping, and structural equations modelling (SEM) were used. Findings: Our analyses confirmed positive role of both organizational competences and psychological states of individuals, as valuable mediators in translating the potential of personal traits of teams and managers into IORs outcomes. Implications & Recommendations: As both psychological variables of people responsible for the course of IORs and relational competences of organizations play a vital role in reaching outcomes in IORs attention should be paid simultaneously to both aspects. Our findings highlight the necessity for interdisciplinary research in the field of IORs. Contribution & Value Added: We expose the multilevel and multifactor character of relationships between the antecedents of firms success in IORs, with the use of relationships theory in organization science, and theories proposed by psychology of work and organization.
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spelling doaj-art-9c7a6db9e26b4ff0bfe6cb793810702c2025-08-20T03:15:31ZengCracow University of EconomicsEntrepreneurial Business and Economics Review2353-88212017-06-015210.15678/EBER.2017.050202176Trust in Effective International Business Cooperation: Mediating Effect of Work EngagementMałgorzata Chrupała-Pniak0Damian Grabowski1Monika Sulimowska-Formowicz2University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Organization Psychology DepartmentUniversity of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Organization Psychology DepartmentUniversity of Economics in Katowice, Faculty of Management Department of International Management Objective: This study aims to analyse the relationships between relational competence and its trust-building processes with individuals’ traits considered as psychological antecedents of inter-organizational relationships (IORs), outcomes. We hypothesize that organizational trust-building competence, situational trust, trust propensity, and autonomous motivation of cooperating teams and their managers influence IORs outcomes through work engagement of cooperating people. Research Design & Methods: We addressed 210 managers and 982 employees responsible for inter-organizational cooperation from medium and big companies. As explanatory model we adopted the job resources-demands (JR-D) model. Correlation, regression, mediation analyses with bootstrapping, and structural equations modelling (SEM) were used. Findings: Our analyses confirmed positive role of both organizational competences and psychological states of individuals, as valuable mediators in translating the potential of personal traits of teams and managers into IORs outcomes. Implications & Recommendations: As both psychological variables of people responsible for the course of IORs and relational competences of organizations play a vital role in reaching outcomes in IORs attention should be paid simultaneously to both aspects. Our findings highlight the necessity for interdisciplinary research in the field of IORs. Contribution & Value Added: We expose the multilevel and multifactor character of relationships between the antecedents of firms success in IORs, with the use of relationships theory in organization science, and theories proposed by psychology of work and organization. https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/238inter-organizational relationshipstrust-building competenceinterorganizational relationsjob demands- resources model
spellingShingle Małgorzata Chrupała-Pniak
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Monika Sulimowska-Formowicz
Trust in Effective International Business Cooperation: Mediating Effect of Work Engagement
Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
inter-organizational relationships
trust-building competence
interorganizational relations
job demands- resources model
title Trust in Effective International Business Cooperation: Mediating Effect of Work Engagement
title_full Trust in Effective International Business Cooperation: Mediating Effect of Work Engagement
title_fullStr Trust in Effective International Business Cooperation: Mediating Effect of Work Engagement
title_full_unstemmed Trust in Effective International Business Cooperation: Mediating Effect of Work Engagement
title_short Trust in Effective International Business Cooperation: Mediating Effect of Work Engagement
title_sort trust in effective international business cooperation mediating effect of work engagement
topic inter-organizational relationships
trust-building competence
interorganizational relations
job demands- resources model
url https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/238
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