Radius of trust: Gradient-based conceptualization and measurement |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The College of New Jersey, School of Education, Education Building 202C, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing Township, NJ 08628, United States;2. Lehigh University, College of Education, Iacocca Hall A-215, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States;3. Lehigh University, College of Education, Iacocca Hall A-318, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States;1. Department of Sociology, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, United States;2. Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, United States;1. Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, United States;2. Department of Sociology & Survey Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea;3. Korea Social Science Data Archive, Seoul National University, Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea |
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| Abstract: | The radius of trust – the width of one's cooperation circle – has been widely cited by scholars from various disciplines as a key factor in the production and maintenance of public good. However, the vagueness in its conceptualization, measurement, and analysis obstructs efficient communication between empirical works, impeding the accumulation of scientific knowledge. This study develops a conceptualization of trust radius as the gradient in the level of trust in specific individuals across social ties of differing strengths. Along with this conceptualization, a new measurement scheme is constructed, which, relative to previous measures, is empirically easy-to-implement and theoretically valid in displaying individual-level variations in trust radius, highlighting trust radius' distinction from generalized trust and affinity with specific trust, and accommodating the differing tie strengths within one's trust network. Finally, this measurement scheme is well integrated in a multilevel modeling framework to study the determinants of trust radius, which is illustrated by two examples. |
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| Keywords: | Radius of trust Strength of ties Specific trust Measurement Gradient |
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