This paper explores the dark side of institutionalisation of trust research. More in particular, it signals two major perils: the risk for trust to be just another managerial fad and the difficulty for the research on trust conducted within the management science field to have an impact on other...

Status-based affiliation represents a valuable resource in economic exchange. However, affiliation strategies introduce a status ordering paradox: whereas higher status actors seek to maintain status hierarchies, lower status actors strive to affiliate with more prestigious actors. In this...