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Business-to-Business Buyer–Seller Interactions: Personality and Transformational Leadership Theories’ Perspective

In: Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Driving Forces of the Global Economy

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  • Pia Hautamäki

    (Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
    University of Vaasa)

Abstract

The literature has observed that business-to-business (B2B) selling is transitioning to relational partnerships with customers and long-term collaborations with suppliers to achieve a competitive advantage and reduce costs. Studies have made it clear that personal similarities between the initial salesperson and buyer can improve cooperation in buyer–seller interactions, and this interactional aspect offers value to customers. According to recent studies, the way salespeople initiate a partnership with their contact people is an important part of relational value formation. Nevertheless, this subject is rarely discussed in the literature. This study addresses this gap by adding personality theory and the theory of transformational leadership to illustrate how different customers with different personality types want to be treated by salespeople before and during buyer–seller interactions. This study recommends using these theories in buyer–seller interactions to meet the customers’ relational, interactional and behavioural needs.

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  • Pia Hautamäki, 2017. "Business-to-Business Buyer–Seller Interactions: Personality and Transformational Leadership Theories’ Perspective," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Rachid Benlamri & Michael Sparer (ed.), Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Driving Forces of the Global Economy, chapter 0, pages 531-542, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-319-43434-6_45
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43434-6_45
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