Contract negotiation in New Zealand : a thesis to be submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Studies in Business Psychology

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dc.contributor.authorDower, Carol A
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-13T01:51:05Z
dc.date.available2015-04-13T01:51:05Z
dc.date.issued1980
dc.description.abstractTo date, in vivo studies of the process involved in the negotiation of industry contracts has been scarce. This research was an attempt to rectify this point. As such, the research aims were three fold. Firstly, to provide an integration of the many negotiation elements purported to influence negotiation success. Secondly, to develop a set of scales based on the negotiation literature, that would effectively discriminate between negotiators. Thirdly, to validate the derived scales against reality based information. Seventy-five Managers involved in the negotiation of contracts in industry, from twenty-three of New Zealand's top Companies, comprised the research sample. Each subject completed a 50 item questionnaire, based on current negotiation literature relating to the negotiation of contracts in industry. Information obtained from the completed questionnaires was factor analysed to 10 factors. These 10 factors were used in two discriminant analyses. The first discriminant analysis related to company size, with each participating company classified, via a composite criterion of Net Profit, Ordinary Shareholders Funds, and Total Tangible Assets into groupings of Top, Middle and Bottom companies. The relevant information pertaining to this classification was drawn from the 1979 Edition of the New Zealand Economist. The second discriminant analysis was conducted between the four Managerial functions of Production, Purchasing, Marketing and Chief Executives. Information relating to this classification was drawn from the completed questionnaires. The results demonstrated that the 10 derived factors effectively discriminated between companies of various sizes and between managerial functions in terms of negotiation style and orientations adopted toward negotiation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/6461
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectNegotiation in businessen_US
dc.subjectIndustrial psychologyen_US
dc.subjectIndustry contractsen_US
dc.subjectContract negotiationen_US
dc.titleContract negotiation in New Zealand : a thesis to be submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Studies in Business Psychologyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorDower, Carol Aen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineBusiness Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Business Studies (M.B.S.)en_US
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