What is the institutional trust of the Dutch citizens towards the government during the corona crisis? Globally there is a lot of change going on resulting from the COVID-19 virus outbreak, including the Netherlands. Various measures and approaches are being implemented by the national government to try and fight against the virus. It is almost every day now that Dutch society receives press messages from the government about the changing measures and policies being implemented, such as social distancing of 1.5 meters. But, how is the trust of Dutch citizens currently situated towards the government during this pandemic? The transformational approach to trust, by Roy J. Lewicki et. al. (2006), from the psychological approaches to trust has defined trust to come from(1) predictability (2) dependability (reliability and honesty) and (3) leap of faith. In our opinion, Dutch citizens’ trust towards the government would be that (for a large amount of the citizens) (1) predi...