Relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market

While there is some evidence for a single, higher order construct which captures satisfaction and trust, evidence of its existence in industrial markets remains scant and inconclusive. However, in the context of small, family owned businesses, where consumer behaviour and industrial purchasing behav...

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Main Author: Batt, Peter
Other Authors: H. Hakansson
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Norwegian Institute of Management 2001
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37404
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description While there is some evidence for a single, higher order construct which captures satisfaction and trust, evidence of its existence in industrial markets remains scant and inconclusive. However, in the context of small, family owned businesses, where consumer behaviour and industrial purchasing behaviour overlap, a single construct may be a better predictor of a market intermediary's relational building activities. Two rival models are compared which, given the high degree of correlation between satisfaction and trust, support the existence of a single satisfaction/trust construct.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-374042022-09-06T05:37:19Z Relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market Batt, Peter H. Hakansson C.A. Solberg L. Huemer L. Steigum While there is some evidence for a single, higher order construct which captures satisfaction and trust, evidence of its existence in industrial markets remains scant and inconclusive. However, in the context of small, family owned businesses, where consumer behaviour and industrial purchasing behaviour overlap, a single construct may be a better predictor of a market intermediary's relational building activities. Two rival models are compared which, given the high degree of correlation between satisfaction and trust, support the existence of a single satisfaction/trust construct. 2001 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37404 Norwegian Institute of Management fulltext
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Relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market
title Relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market
title_full Relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market
title_fullStr Relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market
title_full_unstemmed Relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market
title_short Relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market
title_sort relational quality: further evidence of a single higher order construct in an industrial market
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37404