Estilos, comportamentos e práticas de influência dos negociadores do Rio de Janeiro

The purpose of this study is to research the negotiators characteristics living at Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, as well as to analyze the perception they have about the importance of the some factors in the negotiation process namely: influence styles, behavior and practices. Another objective is to identify the negotiator¿s characteristics related to regional culture. In order to achieve those objectives, data were collected, through exploratory and descriptive research, in the Metropolitan Region. The studies identifies the specific characteristics of Rio de Janeito negotiators and includes a critical analysis of their influence styles, behavior and practices. A Questionary was applied on the basis of repeated feedback from respondents and factor analyses of various sets of behaviorally based statements. A sample for the version of the Self-Questionary consists of 100 individuals involved in negotiations. For the Other-Questionary, there are 193 groups of respondents. The results indicated that the Questionary is quite consistent with the a priory influence styles, behavior and practices model. The results also indicated that the Rio de Janeiro negotiators use more frequentely pull styles, than push or avoiding styles.