Cooperation & Trust LO5765

emergent@sirius.com
Wed, 21 Feb 1996 08:08:50 -0800

Replying to LO5694 --

Replying to LO5694 where Susan Wheelan wrote:

>From a group development perspective, trust emerges out of the resolution
>of conflict and disagreements.

Do you think a single instance of resolution of conflict engenders trust
or is recurrence of resolution necessary?

>The nature of cooperation is changed when
>trust emerges (From cooperation based on identification with the leader
>and external authority figures to cooperation based on a sense of mutual
>interdependence.

Do you view this "sense of interdependence" as alignment of individual
objectives? In other words does trust require congruence between the
individual's and the leader's (or organization's) objecives?

Roberto Reichard
emergent@sirius.com

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