A couple of articles, that I found previously here on HN address this exact self-perpetuating downward spiral of mistrust. https://hbr.org/1998/03/the-set-up-t

A couple of articles, that I found previously here on HN address this exact self-perpetuating downward spiral of mistrust. https://hbr.org/1998/03/the-set-up-to-fail-syndrome https://hbr.org/1998/03/the-set-up-to-fail-syndrome https://sites.insead.edu/facultyresearch/research/doc.cfm?did=46698 https://sites.insead.edu/facultyresearch/research/doc.cfm?di... Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8166701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8166701