The Concept of Public Trust-Based Leadership – An Outline
The Concept of Public Trust-Based Leadership – An Outline

Summary/Abstract: Objective: The issue of trust in leading public organisations continues to inspire growing confidence among management researchers and practitioners. The char- acteristics and organisational behaviour of leaders are analysed from various angles. The subject of the research is one of the newer approaches, namely trust- based leadership (TBL). The aim of this paper is to identify characteristics and the roles of public trust-based leadership (PTBL). This is the type of leadership that most fully incorporates trust as the basis of organisational behaviour in vertical and horizontal relationships and consequently as organisational cooperation.Methodology: The primary methods used in this article are a critical review of research on organisational trust, leadership and public trust contained in the ac- ademic literature and in surveys of trust in leadership conducted in recent years by consultancies and made available on line.Findings: The study confirmed that an inalienable role of leaders is to shape their own organisational credibility in both internal and external relations. Achieving a high level of this credibility allows to earn trust.Value Added: Demonstrating that a key differentiator of the trust-based leader- ship concept is that TBL is centring trust-based relationships throughout the entire organisation.Recommendations: Further research on trust-based public leadership should support its presence in contemporary organisations.

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