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Relationship Building And Unethical Behavior In The Hospitality Industry, Sharron Lee Koch
Relationship Building And Unethical Behavior In The Hospitality Industry, Sharron Lee Koch
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Relationship building is a fundamental component to develop successful businesses, although corrupt purchasing executives pay bribes in excess of $1.5 trillion dollars annually. The participants for this case study consisted of 10 national sales managers who have successfully implemented strategies to train suppliers in relationship building in a hotel in Greensville, South Carolina. The resource dependence theory grounded the study. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies a hotel owner in Greenville, South Carolina used to train managers on relationship building. Collection of data included 8 semi-structured telephone interviews and 2 video interviews that were audio …