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  • Essay / Cognition-Based Trust and Affect-Based Trust - 613

    Affect-based trust personality traits that an individual may possess. This can sometimes be irrational and lead to undesirable outcomes or decisions due to trusting the wrong person for the wrong reasons. In Suits, Harvey gives Mike the game-changing opportunity he's been looking for when he offers him a job at a large law firm that only hires Harvard graduates. Mike never attended Harvard and therefore owes everything he has to Harvey. Their relationship begins quite one-sidedly, with Harvey taking the lead and forcing Mike to work very long hours and complete difficult tasks and cases to prove that he is worth working under Harvey. At first, this strains their workplace relationship and causes conflict, and on several occasions, Mike comes close to quitting and fails to show up for work. It is also a great example of an authoritarian leadership style and high power distance....