Discipline and context specific inquiries into the nature and dynamics of trust are beginning to give way to cross-boundary understandings which seek to outline its more consistent elements. Of particular note within these is an argument that trust is premised on vulnerability; that it has an important nexus with assessments of the ability, benevolence, and integrity of the trust target; and that it can also be motivated. The current work seeks to shed preliminary light on the applicability of this argument to a context in which it has not previously been examined: community-based water management in southwestern Uganda. Using a deductive, theory-driven analysis of focus group discussions with residents, we show that when our participants were simply asked to discuss their relationships with local management committees, vulnerability, ability, benevolence, and integrity consistently emerged as salient themes. Motivation, however, emerged as most salient for women. Further analysis suggests that this may have been because women are more directly involved in water provision, thereby increasing their perceived need for the resource. Our results, therefore, lend credence to the cross-boundary nature of this increasingly nuanced theoretical understanding of trust but also suggest some general guidance for improving community-based resource management efforts by providing preliminary evidence regarding the relative roles of trustworthiness and motivation.

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脆弱性、可信度和动机作为与乌干达西南部社区水资源管理合作的新兴主题

对信任的性质和动态的学科和特定背景调查开始让位于跨界理解，寻求概述其更一致的要素。其中特别值得注意的是，信任以脆弱性为前提的论点；它与对信任目标的能力、仁慈和诚信的评估有着重要的联系；并且它也可以被激励。当前的工作旨在初步阐明这一论点在以前没有研究过的背景下的适用性：乌干达西南部以社区为基础的水资源管理。通过对与居民的焦点小组讨论进行演绎的、理论驱动的分析，我们表明，当我们的参与者被简单地要求讨论他们与当地管理委员会的关系、脆弱性、能力、仁慈和正直一直是突出的主题。然而，动机对女性来说最为突出。进一步的分析表明，这可能是因为女性更直接地参与了供水，从而增加了她们对资源的感知需求。因此，我们的结果证明了这种对信任的日益细微的理论理解的跨界性质，但也通过提供关于可信度和动机的相对作用的初步证据，为改进基于社区的资源管理工作提供了一些一般性指导。从而增加他们对资源的感知需求。因此，我们的结果证明了这种对信任的日益细微的理论理解的跨界性质，但也通过提供关于可信度和动机的相对作用的初步证据，为改进基于社区的资源管理工作提供了一些一般性指导。从而增加他们对资源的感知需求。因此，我们的结果证明了这种对信任的日益细微的理论理解的跨界性质，但也通过提供关于可信度和动机的相对作用的初步证据，为改进基于社区的资源管理工作提供了一些一般性指导。