Digital trust – asystematic literature review

Piotr   Pietrzak; Josu  Takala

doi:10.23762/FSO_VOL9_NO3_4

Published : 2021-09-30

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021)

Digital trust – asystematic literature review

Piotr Pietrzak

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1319-4815

Josu Takala

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5297-1656

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL9_NO3_4

Abstract

Digital technologies, such as social networks, smartphones, block chainsorbig data, have become an indispensable part of our lives in recent years. They have a significant impact on our daily lives, even in crucial areas such as health, finance, and education. Recognising this, organisations presently face a difficult challenge – to create consumer digital trust. It should be noted that most studies have focused on the establishment of digital trust without identifying and considering the basic definition of “digital trust”. The purpose of this article is to provide insights regarding the state of the art of digital trust, and to suggest areas for future research. Using a systematic literature review, this paper provides an overview of the literature. The most important conclusionto be derived from this study is that there is no single generally accepted definition of digital trust. Although the early research on “digital trust” can be traced back to 1996, it was only after 2016 that the number of papers on this topic increased substantially.

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