Voluntary association involvement and trust: addressing the causal relationship -PhD Thesis-

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Thesis/Degree/Other Honours

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June 1, 2008

Abstract:

In recent years, research has come to focus on the empirical relationship between trust and voluntary association involvement within social capital literature. Scholars have explored the question of whether trust can be implicated as a cause, or as an effect of voluntary association involvement. In the same way, others have found evidence to support the claim that voluntary association involvement leads to increased levels of trust. The focus of this study is to examine the relationship and causal direction, if any, between trust and voluntary association involvement, using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) 1990 through to 2004. Findings indicate that a reciprocal relationship exists between trust and voluntary association involvement. Results show that voluntary association involvement leads to an increased sense of trustworthiness of others. At the same time, causal links from generalized trust to voluntary association involvement were found to be significant. In addition, findings also suggest that type of voluntary association is a significant factor in the relationship between trust and voluntary association involvement.

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- http://hdl.handle.net/1828/919

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not held in Res Lib - bibliographic reference only

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