The central aim of my research is to advance understanding of how coopetition dynamics evolve over time, by looking at the coevolution of trust and distrust in coopetition.
Coopetition is defined as simultaneous pursuit of cooperation and competition (Bengtsson & Kock, 2000; Gnyawali & Park, 2011).
Trust is defined as one party's intention to rely on another party under a condition of risk (Curall & Inkpen, 2006: 236) or else, the willingness to accept vulnerability based upon positive expectations of another party's desirable behaviour (Rousseau, Sitkin, Burt & Camerer, 1998: 395).
Distrust is defined as one party's intention to reject vulnerability based upon positive expectations of unwelcome, harmful behaviour under a condition of risk (Govier, 1994; Lewicki, McAllister, & Bies, 1998).
Bengtsson, M., & Kock, S. 2000. %u201D Coopetition%u201D in business Networks%u2014to cooperate and compete simultaneously. Industrial marketing management, 29(5): 411-426.
Currall, S. C., & Inkpen, A. C. 2006. 13 On the complexity of organizational trust: a multi-level co-evolutionary perspective and guidelines for future research. Handbook of trust research: 235.
Gnyawali, D. R., & Park, B. J. 2011. Co-opetition between giants: Collaboration with competitors for technological innovation. Research Policy, 40(5): 650-663.
Govier, T. 1994. Is it a jungle out there? Trust, distrust and the construction of social reality. Dialogue, 33(02): 237-252.
Lewicki, R. J., McAllister, D. J., & Bies, R. J. 1998. Trust and distrust: New relationships and realities. Academy of management Review, 23(3): 438-458.
Rousseau, D. M., Sitkin, S. B., Burt, R. S., & Camerer, C. 1998. Not so different after all: A cross-discipline view of trust. Academy of management review, 23(3): 393-404.
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