Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012. The theme of this study is the impact of leadership trust on an agricultural business, with a primarily goal to establish the relationship between the perceptions on leadership and trust of top and middle level management. Furthermore, this study emphasises the importance of the level of the agricultural businesses leadership and trust profile and the important role that it plays in the business. Quantitative research techniques were used to collect the data and after statistical formulation it was found that the leaders’ perceptions based on leadership based on outcomes were high, although the level of trust was low. The implication of this for management is that they must be aware of the perceptions of their leaders regarding leadership and trust. Masters
