Trust is a long-studied construct, which is in psychology defined as an individual's attitude toward various actors. There are several divisions of trust. One division divides trust into interpersonal trust, directed toward known or unknown persons, and institutional trust, directed toward social objects. The combination of these two types represents trust in the organization. It is defined by an individual's positive expectations of the intentions and behaviors of the members of the organization. This type of trust also has several forms and in our master's thesis, we have focused on the personal and the impersonal form. Based on the literature, we can suggest that trust in the organization originates from direct relationships or the wider organizational system, so it could be influenced by the attitudes of supervisors towards employees and through HRM practices. Since it is not clear from the research what the role of supervisors or HRM practices is, we aimed to discover the relationship between HRM practices, supervisor, selected job characteristics, and both forms of trust. In the research, we included participants, who were employed at the time of the research. They completed demographic questions, the Organizational trust scale, the Perceived HRM scale, and the Supervisor support at work scale, which we translated and adapted to the local context for the master's thesis. The results showed that the support of the supervisor and HRM practices are significant predictors of personal and impersonal form of trust, which is consistent with previous studies. Of the demographic and job characteristics, the organization's activity was found a significant predictor. Employees in service organizations should have higher trust scores than employees in manufacturing organizations. The sector was also found a significant predictor for the impersonal form of trust. The results are consistent with previous findings, but further studies should investigate the impact of individual supervisor behaviors and specific HRM practices on trust in the organization.
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