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Effects Of Supervisor's Gender On American Women's Trust
Effects Of Supervisor's Gender On American Women's Trust
Sandy Miles
The article looks at whether female employees trust their male supervisors more than their female supervisors and investigates the predictors of trust and whether these predictors vary significantly for women reporting to men and for women reporting to women. In vertical dyadic relationships, trust is a prerequisite for facilitating authentic communication, for building mentor-mentee connections, for increasing productivity, and for experiencing a good quality of life. Trust implies the unquestioning belief in or reliance upon someone or something so as to achieve a desired objective in a risky situation. The literature on trust and gender indicate three variables that are …