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Enhancing trust through training

Enhancing trust through training
Enhancing trust through training
INTRODUCTION
The past decade has seen a considerable expansion in research that has looked at team training, addressing a range of questions about how to design training; how to implement it; and its impact on both team processes and performance. Despite this expansion, to date there has been relatively little attention given to the relationship between team training and the development of trust within teams. This is surprising as training and development professionals working in organizations regard trust as one of the most important skills that should be developed within teams due to its positive effects on team performance, organizational productivity and competitive advantage (Davis et al., 2000; McEvily et al., 2003; Rosen et al., 2006). It would therefore seem advantageous within a human resource (HR) context to implement training programmes that promote trust between team members in order to benefit the organization. Furthermore, it may be particularly beneficial for certain types of teams; for example, in virtual teams where lack of face- to- face contact limits trust development, and in culturally diverse teams where differences in cultural norms may reduce trust in others. To extend understanding in this area, this chapter considers the research on both the use of training to develop trust among team members and its efficacy. We highlight research on two distinct approaches to training – team- and task- skills training – considering their effectiveness and applicability to different contexts, as well as issues for future research. We begin by defining trust within a training context and consider the processes through which trust may develop in training.
978 1 84844 464 5
125-138
Edward Elgar Publishing
Ashleigh, Melanie J.
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Prichard, J.S.
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Searle, Rosalind H
Skinner, Denise
Ashleigh, Melanie J.
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Prichard, J.S.
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Searle, Rosalind H
Skinner, Denise

Ashleigh, Melanie J. and Prichard, J.S. (2011) Enhancing trust through training. In, Searle, Rosalind H and Skinner, Denise (eds.) Trust and Human Resource Management. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 125-138.

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INTRODUCTION
The past decade has seen a considerable expansion in research that has looked at team training, addressing a range of questions about how to design training; how to implement it; and its impact on both team processes and performance. Despite this expansion, to date there has been relatively little attention given to the relationship between team training and the development of trust within teams. This is surprising as training and development professionals working in organizations regard trust as one of the most important skills that should be developed within teams due to its positive effects on team performance, organizational productivity and competitive advantage (Davis et al., 2000; McEvily et al., 2003; Rosen et al., 2006). It would therefore seem advantageous within a human resource (HR) context to implement training programmes that promote trust between team members in order to benefit the organization. Furthermore, it may be particularly beneficial for certain types of teams; for example, in virtual teams where lack of face- to- face contact limits trust development, and in culturally diverse teams where differences in cultural norms may reduce trust in others. To extend understanding in this area, this chapter considers the research on both the use of training to develop trust among team members and its efficacy. We highlight research on two distinct approaches to training – team- and task- skills training – considering their effectiveness and applicability to different contexts, as well as issues for future research. We begin by defining trust within a training context and consider the processes through which trust may develop in training.

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Published date: June 2011

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Local EPrints ID: 177179
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/177179
ISBN: 978 1 84844 464 5
PURE UUID: 7cb4a1c0-a4ef-40c4-8bd2-7f9ce9720b8f
ORCID for Melanie J. Ashleigh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-0922
ORCID for J.S. Prichard: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-2244

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Date deposited: 16 Mar 2011 08:49
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:58

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Author: J.S. Prichard ORCID iD
Editor: Rosalind H Searle
Editor: Denise Skinner

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