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The article examines the problem of trust as a determinant of human capital management in local government units. In addition to the analytical and epistemological part, the text contains focus stud¬ies conducted among the representatives of senior management. The studies allow for the conclusion that among the major sources of crisis in the functioning of local government units is the crisis of trust resulting from the frequent changes in managerial/political positions, inadequate level of mana¬gerial competences and mental barriers, mainly in the form of suspicion and negative attitudes to the teams of officials employed by their predecessors.