Trust under bounded rationality: Competence, value systems, unselfishness and the development of virtue

Purpose: This paper analyses the foundations of trust in a context of bounded rationality to arrive to the conclusion that for trust to be necessary is because individuals are bounded rational. Design/methodology/approach: Building on previous theoretical work we conceptually develop the reasoning...

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Main Authors: Natàlia Cugueró, Josep M. Rosanas
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: OmniaScience 2019-03-01
Series:Intangible Capital
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Online Access:http://www.intangiblecapital.org/index.php/ic/article/view/1407
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description Purpose: This paper analyses the foundations of trust in a context of bounded rationality to arrive to the conclusion that for trust to be necessary is because individuals are bounded rational. Design/methodology/approach: Building on previous theoretical work we conceptually develop the reasoning involved to arrive deductively that bounded rationality provides a rationale for the concept of trust that goes beyond a calculative notion. Findings: We show that there are four reasons for trust to exist and that people assess probabilities to each in order to determine whether to trust a recipient, depending on each of the four. We also add to previous work and show how bounded rationality provides additional arguments to show how competence, value systems and unselfishness are necessary to underpin trust. We provide additional foundations to their three factors and we, focused on bounded rationality. We add the development of virtue as a crucial fourth aspect, which supports the argument that trust can be reinforced between people and developed through time. Originality/value: The concept of trust has been analyzed empirically, but it lacks some theoretical foundations to show under which assumptions trust is a requirement that goes beyond mere calculations, and can be developed or not through time. We also introduce how the concept of virtue has a major role in trust development.
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spelling doaj.art-db1e5f65fe9f43f291c9e05a56f5b8ab2022-12-22T03:51:49ZcatOmniaScienceIntangible Capital1697-98182019-03-0115112110.3926/ic.1407461Trust under bounded rationality: Competence, value systems, unselfishness and the development of virtueNatàlia Cugueró0Josep M. Rosanas1UOCIESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)Purpose: This paper analyses the foundations of trust in a context of bounded rationality to arrive to the conclusion that for trust to be necessary is because individuals are bounded rational. Design/methodology/approach: Building on previous theoretical work we conceptually develop the reasoning involved to arrive deductively that bounded rationality provides a rationale for the concept of trust that goes beyond a calculative notion. Findings: We show that there are four reasons for trust to exist and that people assess probabilities to each in order to determine whether to trust a recipient, depending on each of the four. We also add to previous work and show how bounded rationality provides additional arguments to show how competence, value systems and unselfishness are necessary to underpin trust. We provide additional foundations to their three factors and we, focused on bounded rationality. We add the development of virtue as a crucial fourth aspect, which supports the argument that trust can be reinforced between people and developed through time. Originality/value: The concept of trust has been analyzed empirically, but it lacks some theoretical foundations to show under which assumptions trust is a requirement that goes beyond mere calculations, and can be developed or not through time. We also introduce how the concept of virtue has a major role in trust development.http://www.intangiblecapital.org/index.php/ic/article/view/1407trust, bounded rationality, virtues development, ethics
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title Trust under bounded rationality: Competence, value systems, unselfishness and the development of virtue
title_full Trust under bounded rationality: Competence, value systems, unselfishness and the development of virtue
title_fullStr Trust under bounded rationality: Competence, value systems, unselfishness and the development of virtue
title_full_unstemmed Trust under bounded rationality: Competence, value systems, unselfishness and the development of virtue
title_short Trust under bounded rationality: Competence, value systems, unselfishness and the development of virtue
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topic trust, bounded rationality, virtues development, ethics
url http://www.intangiblecapital.org/index.php/ic/article/view/1407
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