Zaupanje in ekonomska uspešnost

Rus, Andrej (author)

Članek se loteva osrednjega vprašanja o zaupanju, vprašanja, ki se vse pogosteje pojavlja tudi v literaturi, in sicer nas zanima, kakšen je vpliv zaupanja na ekonomsko uspešnost in prek kakšnih vzročnih mehanizmov ta vpliv poteka. V prvem delu obravnavamo problem zaupanja in pokažemo, da je treba razlikovati med tremi in ne le dvema tipoma zaupanja, in sicer med medosebnim, mrežnim in institucionalnim zaupanjem. V nadaljevanju analiziramo vzročne mehanizme, prek katerih vsak tip zaupanja vpliva na ekonomsko uspešnost, in pokažemo na to, da trije tipi zaupanja na uspešnost vplivajo na tri različne načine. Medosebno zaupanje spodbuja kooperacijo med udeleženci ekonomskih transakcij, mrežno zaupanje omogoča koordinacijo med akterji, institucionalno zaupanje pa participacijo akterjev v menjavi. Ali bodo akterji za svoj uspeh potrebovali tesno sodelovanje, ohlapno koordinacijo ali zgolj čim večjo participacijo potencialnih partnerjev, je močno odvisno od narave projekta, ki se ga lotevajo. Razlikovanje med tipi zaupanja in pripadajočimi mehanizmi, s katerimi ti vplivajo na rezultat, torej pripomore ne le k boljšemu razumevanju razmerja med zaupanjem in ekonomsko uspešnostjo, temveč predstavlja tudi dobro vodilo za boljše oblikovanje razvojnih politik.

• Language: Slovenian
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2008
• Number of pages: Str. 72-92
• Numbering: Letn. 45, št. 1/2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-22955
• UDC: 316.334.2
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 27180381
• Publication date in RUL: 11.07.2014

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: English

Abstract

The paper is concerned with the central question found in the ever growing literature on trust, namely, what is the effect of trust on economic performance and what are the causal mechanisms through which trust affects performance. In the first part, we consider the problem of trust and show that it is important to distinguish between three rather than two types of trust. The typology includes not only institutional and interpersonal trust but also network trust. In the second part of the paper, we analyse the causal mechanisms that are in place when each type of trust affects performance. We demonstrate that each type of trust affects performance by employing a different causal mechanism. Interpersonal trust leads to increased performance by encouraging co-operation among actors. Network trust improves performance by enabling co-ordination among actors. Institutional trust exerts a positive influence by facilitating the participation of actors in economic transactions. Distinctions between the types of trust and the mechanisms though which they affect performance are not only essential for understanding the relationship between trust and performance but also for formulating better policies for economic development.