Starbuck, William H. and Rindova, Violina P., Distrust in Dependence: The Ancient Challenge of Superior-Subordinate Relations (1997). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2708621

“The oldest surviving advice about management practices concerns leaders’ deceptions of followers. Tension-filled, distrustful relations between leaders and followers pervade the ancient texts. Drawing on the oldest surviving documents, this chapter reviews these common issues and people’s responses to them. The issues encompass: (a) how much leaders and followers should trust each other and speak forthrightly to each other, (b) how leaders manipulate followers and followers manipulate leaders, (c) how much followers respect leaders and leaders respect followers, (d) whether status differences are just, and (e) when leaders act appropriately.”