PhD defence

On the Benefits and Boundaries of Trust and Trustworthiness

• M. Schutter

Date

Friday 6 December 2024

Time

10:00 - 11:00 hour

Address

Academy Building
Rapenburg 73
2311 GJ Leiden

Supervisor(s)

• Prof.dr. E. van Dijk
• dr. E.W. de Kwaadsteniet
• Prof.dr. W.W. van Dijk

Summary

Trust has been described as the glue or social lubricant that binds people together (Arrow, 1974). This description highlights the function of trust in social relations. Previous research has shown that people are generally quite willing to trust, and that given trust is often reciprocated (Johnson & Mislin, 2011; Van den Akker et al., 2020). The studies in this dissertation fit these patterns, but also show a more nuanced picture. By systematically modifying various situational features of the trust game (Berg, Dickhaut & McCabe, 1995), I showed that trust and trustworthiness also strongly depend on the situational characteristics. Modifying the trust game allowed me to investigate the consequences of (active and inactive) distrust, the role of informational uncertainty, and the importance of the timing of decisions. As such, the current dissertation contributes to our understanding of the benefits and boundary conditions of trust and trustworthiness, and their relationship with reciprocity.

PhD dissertations

Approximately one week after the defence, PhD dissertations by Leiden PhD students are available digitally through the Leiden Repository, that offers free access to these PhD dissertations. Please note that in some cases a dissertation may be under embargo temporarily and access to its full-text version will only be granted later.

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