Trust is a complex thing that's been studied by several different professions. Unsurprisingly, different people have different views and opinions relating to trust.
Sociologists consider trust to be a social construct. They see it as an element only of our social realities. It doesn't exist outside of relationships. It's something that we have constructed within our societies and relationships. Examples of other social constructs that are sometimes discussed beside trust include: control, confidence, risk, meaning and power.
Psychologists think about trust from a different perspective and focus more on how it works. They believe that trust grows over time. They sum trust up as being the belief that the person you trust will do what is expected of them. Psychologists also note that different people have different dispositions toward trusting others.
From a work perspective, psychologists believe that trust is an integral factor for social influence, and has a positive impact on behavior, performance and