Journal of Student Research 2018

32 Journal Student Research In the hypothesis 2 set it was predicted that trust would be related to team satisfaction (see Table 1). A set of Pearson’s correlations were conducted comparing variables of trust overall and team satisfaction overall, r = .75, p < .001, n = 77, R 2 = 0.56. A Pearson’s correlation was also conducted to measure the four sections of trust individually with satisfaction: propensity to trust, r = .74, p < .001, n = 77, R 2 = 0.55; perceived trustworthiness, r = .76, p < .001, n = 77, R 2 = 0.58; cooperative behaviors, r = .68, p < .001, n = 77, R 2 = 0.46. While it was predicted that monitoring behaviors would have a negative correlation with team satisfaction, support for that prediction was not found, r = -.03, p = .785, n = 77, R 2 < 0.01. In hypothesis 3, it was predicted that perceived similarity would be positively correlated to trust for women but unrelated for men. A set of Pearson’s correlations was conducted comparing variables of women’s self reported trust and perceived similarity (see Table 2). For women, there was a positive correlation between trust overall and perceived similarity, r = .49, p = .001, n = 40, with an R 2 = .24. In general, support was also found for the relationship between perceived similarity and the individual measures of trust as well, propensity to trust, r = .45, p = .004, n = 40, R 2 = 0.20; perceived trustworthiness, r = .53, p = .001, n = 40, R 2 = 0.28; and cooperative behaviors, r = .50, p = .001, n = 40, R 2 = 0.25. Similar to the initial analysis, monitoring behaviors was found to be unrelated to perceived similarity, r = .00, p = .984, n = 40, R 2 = 0.00. Table 2 Summary of Intercorrelations, Means and Standard Deviations for the measures of trust, perceived similarity, and team satisfaction for women Table 2 Summary of Intercorrelations, Means, and Standard Deviations for the measures of trust, perceived similarity, and team satisfaction for women

Measure

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1. Trust Overall

-

2. Propensity to Trust .92** - 3. Perceived Trustworthiness .94** .88**

-

4. Cooperative Behaviors 5. Monitoring Behaviors 6. Perceived Similarity

.92** .80**

.83**

-

.38** .16

.18

.27

-

.49** .45** .80** .77** 4.77 5.02 0.89 1.06

.53** .81**

.50** .77**

.00 .10

-

7. Team Satisfaction

.59**

-

M

4.89 1.07

4.98 1.00

3.64 1.16

5.53 1.31

3.33 0.67

SD

Note. * p < .05; ** p < .01, n = 40

A Pearson’s correlation was also conducted comparing variables of men’s self-reported trust and perceived similarity. As predicted, for men there