Le marketing relationnel suppose l’engagement de la part des consommateurs. Cet engagement repose sur la confiance entre les consommateurs et leur prestataire. Or il peut exister un refus d’engagement du fait de la réactance psychologique sans que cela ne se traduise nécessairement par une...

This conceptual article presents the current criticisms to relationship marketing and important concepts developed in marketing and psychology to understand consumer reactance toward services packaged as formal contracts. A first part presents the numerous questions that researches are raising...

The authors conduct an exploratory study in order to develop a measurement scale of customers transactional/relational orientation. The study is implemented in the context of French banking industry in both B.-to-C. and B.-to-B. environments. The results show that a different scale is needed for...

Relationship marketing makes an implicit assumption : customers are committed. This commitment is based on the existing trust between the customer and the service provider. However, customers may reject commitment, because of psychological reactance, without any loss of trust. This article...

Cet article vise à montrer la pertinence du cadre d'analyse des normes contractuelles de Macneil pour expliquer les ruptures de relations de long terme entre organisations. Pour ce faire des entretiens ont été conduits sur 13 dyades chargés d'affaires/représentants de PME. Une analyse...

This conceptual article presents the current criticisms to relationship marketing and important concepts developed in the psychology to understand consumer reactance toward services packaged as formal contracts. A first part presents the numerous questions that researches are raising about the...

The combined pressures of desintermediation, deregulation, and industrial restructuring have helped to redefine the nature and importance of bank-client relationships (Schell, 1996). Directors or treasurers of companies often recognize that their relationship is with the bank account manager,...

Cet article vise à montrer la pertinence du cadre d'analyse des normes contractuelles de Macneil pour expliquer les ruptures de relations de long terme entre organisations. Pour ce faire des entretiens ont été conduits sur 13 dyades chargés d'affaires/représentants de PME. Une analyse...

This conceptual article presents the current criticisms to relationship marketing and important concepts developed in marketing and psychology to understand consumer reactance toward services packaged as formal contracts. A first part presents the numerous questions that researches are raising...

Cet article vise à montrer la pertinence du cadre d'analyse des normes contractuelles de Macneil pour expliquer les ruptures de relations de long terme entre organisations. Pour ce faire des entretiens ont été conduits sur 13 dyades chargés d'affaires/représentants de PME. Une analyse...