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Trust is something we all might claim to know about, and particularly when we perceive or experience its “violation” or “loss”. However, fewer of us might claim to fully understand trust. Ably edited, this book brings together experts in business research, international management, business consultancy, employee relations, human resource management and business ethics among other relevant fields in order to develop a multi-perspective exploration of organizations as contexts for researching, observing and interpreting human trusting attitudes and behaviors. The premise for this collaboration between thirty plus authors and co-authors across sixteen chapters is that “the globalized nature of modern organizations presents new and intimidating challenges for effective relationship building”. Building on established scholarly research that emphasizes differences and potential boundaries between cultures, the editors …