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Rethinking Distrust in the Nigerian Construction Sector: Critically Bridging Conceptual Misconceptions with Theoretical Foundations

Bello Umar, Abubakar Dardau Abdulazeez, Ahmad Doko Ibrahim, Mansir Dodo

Distrust is often portrayed as the opposite of trust, with negative connotations that overshadow its functional role in project governance. In the Nigerian construction industry, where projects are complex, multi-stakeholder, and risk-prone, this view is …