Veritatem Fidei

La confiance. Vertrou. Güven. . Tumaini. Confianza. . Zaufanie. Fiducia. . . Vertrauen. . Trust. One word, fourteen different languages trust. This work forms an introductory analysis of the complex characteristic that all humans are familiar with, that all languages have a word for, which all people desire; trust. During my qualitative field research in Australia and New Zealand I extensively interviewed twenty franchisees from four different food retail franchise systems. I explored areas of their franchisee/franchisor relationship focusing on the central critical aspect of trust. It doesn t take a genius to believe that without trust in a relationship, not only is it more likely to fail, but it will never be as effective as it could be with confianza (Italian) present. I propose that trust is crucial; trust is a fundamental relational characteristic that needs to be placed at the foundation of the franchisee/franchisor relationship. If the trust is broken, if the trust is lost the relationship will inevitably fail.

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Antonio A.H.R.Grace was born in Zimbabwe, Africa. His family escaped their countries turmoil in 2003, immigrating to Australia. Since then Antonio completed a first class Honours degree in Marketing&Commerce through Griffith University at the age of 19. He is now enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Philosophy at the University of Queensland.

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La confiance. Vertrou. Güven. . Tumaini. Confianza. . Zaufanie. Fiducia. . . Vertrauen. . Trust. One word, fourteen different languages trust. This work forms an introductory analysis of the complex characteristic that all humans are familiar with, that all languages have a word for, which all people desire; trust. During my qualitative field research in Australia and New Zealand I extensively interviewed twenty franchisees from four different food retail franchise systems. I explored areas of their franchisee/franchisor relationship focusing on the central critical aspect of trust. It doesn t take a genius to believe that without trust in a relationship, not only is it more likely to fail, but it will never be as effective as it could be with confianza (Italian) present. I propose that trust is crucial; trust is a fundamental relational characteristic that needs to be placed at the foundation of the franchisee/franchisor relationship. If the trust is broken, if the trust is lost the relationship will inevitably fail.