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Power as a predictor of industrial complaining styles in a buyer/seller relationship: the buyer’s perspective

Power as a predictor of industrial complaining styles in a buyer/seller relationship: the buyer’s... With continued growth in the industrial market being an important issue, firms need to maintain and expand their existing customer base. Careful consideration and evaluation of customer complaints are essential to this concern. An industrial marketer must develop appropriate policies and procedures for responding to buyer complaints to reduce the probability that the industrial buyer will switch marketers or engage in complaint responses that may damage the marketer’s reputation. Identifies four complaining styles used by industrial buyers in response to a dissatisfying experience. Tests several marketer power bases as predictors of the four complaining styles. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing Emerald Publishing

Power as a predictor of industrial complaining styles in a buyer/seller relationship: the buyer’s perspective

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0885-8624
DOI
10.1108/08858629710172664
Publisher site
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Abstract

With continued growth in the industrial market being an important issue, firms need to maintain and expand their existing customer base. Careful consideration and evaluation of customer complaints are essential to this concern. An industrial marketer must develop appropriate policies and procedures for responding to buyer complaints to reduce the probability that the industrial buyer will switch marketers or engage in complaint responses that may damage the marketer’s reputation. Identifies four complaining styles used by industrial buyers in response to a dissatisfying experience. Tests several marketer power bases as predictors of the four complaining styles.

Journal

Journal of Business and Industrial MarketingEmerald Publishing

Published: Apr 1, 1997

Keywords: Channel relationships; Complaints; Consumer behaviour; Industrial marketing

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