The rise and fall of credibility, a way to understand the case of the Dutch public housing sector
Year: 2011
Type: book
Abstract: The Dutch public housing sector provides us a clear case of credibility. Credibility is conceptualized as a phenomenon of trust, attributed in the public opinion to housing corporations. Housing corporations are subordinated to central government by law. Upward of 1990 they were granted trust and freedom of operation by the government. Since 2005 they became subject of public criticism, indicating a first loss of credibility. In order to understand confusing observations in the period from 2006 to 2011, public attributions of trust are related to fairness. Some hypotheses are deduced and tested, giving evidence of trust violating actions and opportunistic consequences.
Author: H.M. Koolma
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2114796063