Guido Möllering
Biographic Data
| ID | 371301 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guido Möllering |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guido |
| FAMILY NAME | Möllering |
| SIGNATURE | MÖLLERING G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Witten/Herdecke University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1157-7289 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 338 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Introduction to the special issue
Trust research has long treated vulnerability as a conceptual given: necessary, assumed, yet seldom examined in its own right. As relations between people, organisations, technologies, and even countries become increasingly interdependent, opaque, and sometimes strained, understanding the dynamics between trust and vulnerability has never been more urgent. This Special Issue opens dialogue across disciplines, exploring how vulnerability and trust…
Integrating focal vulnerability into trust research
Trust – most often defined as the trustor’s willingness to accept vulnerability – matters across almost every facet of modern life. Significant bodies of research have been devoted to understanding the nature and dynamics of the construct, but much less work has directly considered the vulnerability at the core of its definition. The current article addresses this gap, elucidating the concept of focal vulnerability as the portion of the trustor’s…
Impact and (the Journal of) Trust Research
Inviting submissions to the Special Issue on trust and vulnerability (Deadline 31 December 2024)
Handing over to our new Editor Joe Hamm
Trust is political
Communicating (about) trust
It feels strange to introduce this issue of Journal of Trust Research (JTR) as its content was created before COVID-19 hit us all, but one is tempted to read it through a Corona lens. And, once aga
Connecting trust and power
The Journal of Trust Research (JTR) is growing. Across indicators such as articles handled, downloaded and cited, the rate of growth is around 15% per year according to the Publisher’s Report of Ja
Putting a spotlight on the trustor in trust research
One important reason why trust and trustworthiness should not be confounded (e.g. Hardin, 2002) is that the latter focuses our attention mainly on the trustee and away from the trustor. Even when w
Embracing complexity
If you ever suspected that trust research might run out of topics or questions to be studied, come and visit the Journal of Trust Research's Editorial Office where authors regularly amaze us with n
Cultivating the field of trust research
At the Journal of Trust Research's (JTR) Editorial Board Meeting in Atlanta on 6 August 2017, we had a thoughtful discussion, once again, on whom we see as our main audience and community. It is a
Why don’t all high-trust networks achieve strong network benefits? A case-based exploration of cooperation in Norwegian SME networks
This paper explores the interactions between three focal constructs: network trust, network cooperation and network benefits. While positive interactions between these constructs are generally recognised, a deeper understanding is needed why high trust does not always coincide with high levels of cooperation and benefits in networks. Based on qualitative and survey data gathered from three Norwegian small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) network…
Handbook of Research Methods on Trust
The second edition of this handbook provides an updated and expanded overview of the variety of methods that researchers can apply when they study the multi-faceted phenomenon of trust.This second edition responds to the growing interest in research on trust, recognising that it is one of the most fascinating and fundamental social phenomena yet at the same time one of the most 'elusive' (Gambetta, 1988) and challenging concepts one could study.O…
Trust research community misses an outstanding scholar and friend
As the world of academic research seems to be increasingly dominated by impact factors and performance indicators, it takes a personal tragedy to remind us of the human bonds we enjoy as part of ou
The practical wisdom of trust
In this interview, Bart Nooteboom talks about his experiences and contributions in trust research regarding the relationship between trust and innovation, transaction cost economics, social psychology, parochial altruism, contracts, American pragmatism, cognitive distance, agent-based simulation, experiments, network analysis, transdisciplinarity, and ethics as well as current affairs (e.g. the Greek debt crisis) and his philosophy blog. The recu…
Trust, calculativeness, and relationships
This article addresses the relationship between trust and calculativeness. It summarises the arguments put forward by Oliver Williamson in 1993 (Williamson, O. E. [1993]. Calculativeness, trust, and economic organization. The Journal of Law and Economics, 36, 453–486) and the debate that followed in the two decades afterwards. This includes a citation analysis of 432 articles from Web of Science indices. The article then introduces and discusses …
Trust without knowledge? Comment on Hardin, ‘Government without trust’
The comment acknowledges Hardin's ‘Government without trust’ analysis, but raises conceptual issues that point to normative biases and limitations as well as unresolved issues for further trust research: first, Hardin stays within the perceived trustworthiness paradigm. Second, confidence and distrust are no simple alternatives to trust. Third, some of Hardin's assumptions at the system level could be challenged and studied as a matter of system …
Trusting in art
The article encourages trust researchers to explore the empirical field of the arts and creative industries. This is based on the idea that processes of trusting are best studied in high-uncertainty and high-vulnerability contexts and on the notion of trusting as an art in itself, due to the leaps of faith it entails. Reason, routine and reflexivity are suggested as the main analytical entry points for identifying both the bases for trusting and …
Handbook of Research Methods on Trust
The Handbook of Research Methods on Trust provides an authoritative in-depth consideration of quantitative and qualitative methods for empirical study of trust in the social sciences. As this topic has matured, a growing number of practical approaches and techniques has been utilised across the broad, multidisciplinary community of trust research, providing both insights and challenges. This unique Handbook draws together a wealth of research met…
Organizational Trust
The globalized nature of modern organizations presents new and intimidating challenges for effective relationship building. Organizations and their employees are increasingly being asked to manage unfamiliar relationships with unfamiliar parties. These relationships not only involve working across different national cultures, but also dealing with different organizational cultures, different professional cultures and even different internal const…
Trust, Institutions, Agency
The Trust/Control Duality
The article offers a fresh perspective on the relationship between trust and control by conceptualizing the two concepts as a trust/control duality instead of a dualism. This entails that trust and control each assume the existence of the other, refer to each other and create each other, but remain irreducible to each other. The duality perspective assumes that the basic underlying problem is how actors reach positive expectations of the behaviou…
Kompetenzentwicklung in Netzwerken
The Nature of Trust
This article undertakes a substantial theoretical reorientation of research into the concept of trust. Analysing key passages in the work of Georg Simmel, it is argued that the link between trust bases and a trustful state of expectation is much weaker than is commonly assumed. In particular, Simmel recognises a 'further element', a kind of faith, that is required to explain trust and its unique nature. His work has influenced key authors in the …
The Nature of Trust
This article undertakes a substantial theoretical reorientation of research into the concept of trust. Analysing key passages in the work of Georg Simmel, it is argued that the link between trust bases and a trustful state of expectation is much weaker than is commonly assumed. In particular, Simmel recognises a 'further element', a kind of faith, that is required to explain trust and its unique nature. His work has influenced key authors in the …
The Trust/Control Duality
The article offers a fresh perspective on the relationship between trust and control by conceptualizing the two concepts as a trust/control duality instead of a dualism. This entails that trust and control each assume the existence of the other, refer to each other and create each other, but remain irreducible to each other. The duality perspective assumes that the basic underlying problem is how actors reach positive expectations of the behaviou…
Trust, calculativeness, and relationships
This article addresses the relationship between trust and calculativeness. It summarises the arguments put forward by Oliver Williamson in 1993 (Williamson, O. E. [1993]. Calculativeness, trust, and economic organization. The Journal of Law and Economics, 36, 453–486) and the debate that followed in the two decades afterwards. This includes a citation analysis of 432 articles from Web of Science indices. The article then introduces and discusses …
Kompetenzentwicklung in Netzwerken
Cultivating the field of trust research
At the Journal of Trust Research's (JTR) Editorial Board Meeting in Atlanta on 6 August 2017, we had a thoughtful discussion, once again, on whom we see as our main audience and community. It is a
The practical wisdom of trust
In this interview, Bart Nooteboom talks about his experiences and contributions in trust research regarding the relationship between trust and innovation, transaction cost economics, social psychology, parochial altruism, contracts, American pragmatism, cognitive distance, agent-based simulation, experiments, network analysis, transdisciplinarity, and ethics as well as current affairs (e.g. the Greek debt crisis) and his philosophy blog. The recu…
Trusting in art
The article encourages trust researchers to explore the empirical field of the arts and creative industries. This is based on the idea that processes of trusting are best studied in high-uncertainty and high-vulnerability contexts and on the notion of trusting as an art in itself, due to the leaps of faith it entails. Reason, routine and reflexivity are suggested as the main analytical entry points for identifying both the bases for trusting and …
Integrating focal vulnerability into trust research
Trust – most often defined as the trustor’s willingness to accept vulnerability – matters across almost every facet of modern life. Significant bodies of research have been devoted to understanding the nature and dynamics of the construct, but much less work has directly considered the vulnerability at the core of its definition. The current article addresses this gap, elucidating the concept of focal vulnerability as the portion of the trustor’s…
Trust without knowledge? Comment on Hardin, ‘Government without trust’
The comment acknowledges Hardin's ‘Government without trust’ analysis, but raises conceptual issues that point to normative biases and limitations as well as unresolved issues for further trust research: first, Hardin stays within the perceived trustworthiness paradigm. Second, confidence and distrust are no simple alternatives to trust. Third, some of Hardin's assumptions at the system level could be challenged and studied as a matter of system …
Inviting submissions to the Special Issue on trust and vulnerability (Deadline 31 December 2024)
Putting a spotlight on the trustor in trust research
One important reason why trust and trustworthiness should not be confounded (e.g. Hardin, 2002) is that the latter focuses our attention mainly on the trustee and away from the trustor. Even when w
Embracing complexity
If you ever suspected that trust research might run out of topics or questions to be studied, come and visit the Journal of Trust Research's Editorial Office where authors regularly amaze us with n
Why don’t all high-trust networks achieve strong network benefits? A case-based exploration of cooperation in Norwegian SME networks
This paper explores the interactions between three focal constructs: network trust, network cooperation and network benefits. While positive interactions between these constructs are generally recognised, a deeper understanding is needed why high trust does not always coincide with high levels of cooperation and benefits in networks. Based on qualitative and survey data gathered from three Norwegian small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) network…
Trust is political
Impact and (the Journal of) Trust Research
Connecting trust and power
The Journal of Trust Research (JTR) is growing. Across indicators such as articles handled, downloaded and cited, the rate of growth is around 15% per year according to the Publisher’s Report of Ja
Trust research community misses an outstanding scholar and friend
As the world of academic research seems to be increasingly dominated by impact factors and performance indicators, it takes a personal tragedy to remind us of the human bonds we enjoy as part of ou
The Nature of Trust
This article undertakes a substantial theoretical reorientation of research into the concept of trust. Analysing key passages in the work of Georg Simmel, it is argued that the link between trust bases and a trustful state of expectation is much weaker than is commonly assumed. In particular, Simmel recognises a 'further element', a kind of faith, that is required to explain trust and its unique nature. His work has influenced key authors in the …
Kompetenzentwicklung in Netzwerken
The Trust/Control Duality
The article offers a fresh perspective on the relationship between trust and control by conceptualizing the two concepts as a trust/control duality instead of a dualism. This entails that trust and control each assume the existence of the other, refer to each other and create each other, but remain irreducible to each other. The duality perspective assumes that the basic underlying problem is how actors reach positive expectations of the behaviou…
Trust, Institutions, Agency
Organizational Trust
The globalized nature of modern organizations presents new and intimidating challenges for effective relationship building. Organizations and their employees are increasingly being asked to manage unfamiliar relationships with unfamiliar parties. These relationships not only involve working across different national cultures, but also dealing with different organizational cultures, different professional cultures and even different internal const…
Handbook of Research Methods on Trust
The Handbook of Research Methods on Trust provides an authoritative in-depth consideration of quantitative and qualitative methods for empirical study of trust in the social sciences. As this topic has matured, a growing number of practical approaches and techniques has been utilised across the broad, multidisciplinary community of trust research, providing both insights and challenges. This unique Handbook draws together a wealth of research met…
Trusting in art
The article encourages trust researchers to explore the empirical field of the arts and creative industries. This is based on the idea that processes of trusting are best studied in high-uncertainty and high-vulnerability contexts and on the notion of trusting as an art in itself, due to the leaps of faith it entails. Reason, routine and reflexivity are suggested as the main analytical entry points for identifying both the bases for trusting and …
Trust without knowledge? Comment on Hardin, ‘Government without trust’
The comment acknowledges Hardin's ‘Government without trust’ analysis, but raises conceptual issues that point to normative biases and limitations as well as unresolved issues for further trust research: first, Hardin stays within the perceived trustworthiness paradigm. Second, confidence and distrust are no simple alternatives to trust. Third, some of Hardin's assumptions at the system level could be challenged and studied as a matter of system …
Trust, calculativeness, and relationships
This article addresses the relationship between trust and calculativeness. It summarises the arguments put forward by Oliver Williamson in 1993 (Williamson, O. E. [1993]. Calculativeness, trust, and economic organization. The Journal of Law and Economics, 36, 453–486) and the debate that followed in the two decades afterwards. This includes a citation analysis of 432 articles from Web of Science indices. The article then introduces and discusses …
Handbook of Research Methods on Trust
The second edition of this handbook provides an updated and expanded overview of the variety of methods that researchers can apply when they study the multi-faceted phenomenon of trust.This second edition responds to the growing interest in research on trust, recognising that it is one of the most fascinating and fundamental social phenomena yet at the same time one of the most 'elusive' (Gambetta, 1988) and challenging concepts one could study.O…
Trust research community misses an outstanding scholar and friend
As the world of academic research seems to be increasingly dominated by impact factors and performance indicators, it takes a personal tragedy to remind us of the human bonds we enjoy as part of ou
The practical wisdom of trust
In this interview, Bart Nooteboom talks about his experiences and contributions in trust research regarding the relationship between trust and innovation, transaction cost economics, social psychology, parochial altruism, contracts, American pragmatism, cognitive distance, agent-based simulation, experiments, network analysis, transdisciplinarity, and ethics as well as current affairs (e.g. the Greek debt crisis) and his philosophy blog. The recu…
Why don’t all high-trust networks achieve strong network benefits? A case-based exploration of cooperation in Norwegian SME networks
This paper explores the interactions between three focal constructs: network trust, network cooperation and network benefits. While positive interactions between these constructs are generally recognised, a deeper understanding is needed why high trust does not always coincide with high levels of cooperation and benefits in networks. Based on qualitative and survey data gathered from three Norwegian small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) network…
Cultivating the field of trust research
At the Journal of Trust Research's (JTR) Editorial Board Meeting in Atlanta on 6 August 2017, we had a thoughtful discussion, once again, on whom we see as our main audience and community. It is a
Embracing complexity
If you ever suspected that trust research might run out of topics or questions to be studied, come and visit the Journal of Trust Research's Editorial Office where authors regularly amaze us with n
Connecting trust and power
The Journal of Trust Research (JTR) is growing. Across indicators such as articles handled, downloaded and cited, the rate of growth is around 15% per year according to the Publisher’s Report of Ja
Putting a spotlight on the trustor in trust research
One important reason why trust and trustworthiness should not be confounded (e.g. Hardin, 2002) is that the latter focuses our attention mainly on the trustee and away from the trustor. Even when w
Communicating (about) trust
It feels strange to introduce this issue of Journal of Trust Research (JTR) as its content was created before COVID-19 hit us all, but one is tempted to read it through a Corona lens. And, once aga
Trust is political
Handing over to our new Editor Joe Hamm
Impact and (the Journal of) Trust Research
Inviting submissions to the Special Issue on trust and vulnerability (Deadline 31 December 2024)
Integrating focal vulnerability into trust research
Trust – most often defined as the trustor’s willingness to accept vulnerability – matters across almost every facet of modern life. Significant bodies of research have been devoted to understanding the nature and dynamics of the construct, but much less work has directly considered the vulnerability at the core of its definition. The current article addresses this gap, elucidating the concept of focal vulnerability as the portion of the trustor’s…
Introduction to the special issue
Trust research has long treated vulnerability as a conceptual given: necessary, assumed, yet seldom examined in its own right. As relations between people, organisations, technologies, and even countries become increasingly interdependent, opaque, and sometimes strained, understanding the dynamics between trust and vulnerability has never been more urgent. This Special Issue opens dialogue across disciplines, exploring how vulnerability and trust…
Computer Science (15 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Business (8 works) · Social Capital and Networks (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)