The main objective of this paper is to highlight the vital role that both state trust (trust
in top management, trust in immediate supervisor and trust in co-workers) and trait
trust or trust propensity play in the advancement of employee work engagement.
This study posits that the relationship between trust and work engagement is
mutually reinforcing and leads to an upward spiral effect. That is, high levels of state
and trait trust boost work engagement, which in turn augments both forms of trust
and so on. Additionally, the current paper also examines the interaction effects of
state and trait trust on employees’ work engagement.