TY - JOUR AB - Confidence, trust and loyalty are three social emotions necessary respectively for the social processes of agency, cooperation and organization. In addition to the centrality of emotion in social life, an examination of these emotions demonstrates the importance of futureā€time in social structure. Temporality is seldom discussed in the sociological literature, but unavoidable in a consideration of confidence, trust and loyalty. An examination of confidence, trust and loyalty from the perspective of temporality clarifies issues of social rationality and indicates some of the limitations of rational choice theory. VL - 16 IS - 9/10 SN - 0144-333X DO - 10.1108/eb013270 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013270 AU - Barbalet J.M. PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - SOCIAL EMOTIONS: CONFIDENCE, TRUST AND LOYALTY T2 - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 75 EP - 96 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -