Measuring buyers' perceptions of conflict in business-to-business sales interactions

Author: Reid David A.   Pullins Ellen Bolman   Plank Richard E.   Buehrer Richard E.  

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

ISSN: 0885-8624

Source: The Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Vol.19, Iss.4, 2004-06, pp. : 236-249

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Abstract

The study reported perceived sales interaction conflict (PSIC) as a construct in need of evaluation. As a first step toward validation of a PSIC measure, the study draws perceptual data from a sample of professional industrial buyers. The researchers provide evidence as to the dimensionality of PSIC and its relationship to other variables characteristic of the buyer-seller relationship.