Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142639 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
EERI Research Paper Series No. 10/2012
Publisher: 
Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels
Abstract: 
This paper contributes to the literature by carrying out the first empirical investigation into the role of different types of enterprises in the creation of social trust. Drawing on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire to a representative sample of the population of the Italian Province of Trento in March 2011, we find that cooperatives are the only type of enterprise where the work environment fosters the social trust of workers.
Subjects: 
Cooperative enterprises
nonprofit organizations
trust
social capital
motivations
inclusive governance
work organization
JEL: 
L31
L33
P13
Z1
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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