ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the concurrent influence of cognitive ability and personality on trust perceptions in a distributed team context. It describes the effects of dispositional variables on trust perceptions in a distributed team scenario. The study of trust has burgeoned largely due to the notion that trust is believed to influence behavior and relevant work outcomes. A team-based laboratory task, Computer-based Aerial Port Simulation (CAPS), was the computer-mediated team scenario. Trust was expected to be related to several outcome measures, including performance and cohesion. Trust was related to both typical and adaptive performance, as expected. Trust, while beneficial to organizations andteams for a variety of reasons, is an elusive construct. G.A. Bigley and J.L. Pearce reviewed the trust literature and found a common conceptualization of trust as a conscious decision to cooperate with other individuals.
