GENERATING MUTUAL TRUST IN THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND IN SUBCONTRACTING

The principle of authority does not suffice to eliminate uncertainty in the execution of contracts. To reduce the margin of uncertainty, the parties to a contract appeal to the need for mutual trust. After analyzing how various scholars have dealt with this notion of mutual trust, the author uses actual observations to point out the ''signals'', whether visible or not, in which a trustful relationship can be grounded. These signals may have to do with personal relationships or with professional norms of cooperation.