Refusal strategies in bargaining used by Indonesian Chinese buyers in Pasar Besar Market, Malang / Galih Kusumawardhana

Main Author: Kusumawardhana, Galih
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed
Terbitan: , 2010
Online Access: http://repository.um.ac.id/10931/
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  • ABSTRACTKusumawardhanaGalih.2009.RefusalStrategiesinBargainingUsedbyIndonesianChineseBuyersinPasarBesarMarketMalang.S-1ThesisEnglishDepartmentStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorDr.NurMukminatienM.PdKeywordsIndonesianChineserefusalstrategiesmarketThisstudyinvestigatesrefusalstrategiesinbargainingusedbyIndonesianChinesebuyersinPasarBesarMarketMalang.Itisfocusedontheclassificationofrefusalstrategiesthepatternofrefusalstrategiesandthereasonforapplyingsuchakindofrefusalstrategiesinthemarketenvironment.ThisstudyisdescriptivequalitativeandthedatawerecollectedfromtheconversationscontainingspeechactsofrefusalemployedbyIndonesianChinesebuyersastheywerebargaininginPasarBesarMarketMalang.InanalyzingthedatadirectandindirectcategoriesofrefusalbasedonKartomihardjo(1993)andBeebeandTakahashi(1990)arecombinedintonewcategoriesnamelyusingthewordNousingpositiveexpressionusingregretexpressiongivingareason/commentusingconditions/suggestionandusingthewordthankyou.Thefindingsshowthatbothmaleandfemalerespondentsmostlyusedgivingareason/commentstrategyinrefusingpriceofferedbytheseller.Thisstrategyoccurred51times(3722%).Onthesecondplacethefrequentlyusedstrategywasusingcondition/suggestionstrategy.Inordertolowerthepricethisstrategyoccurred39times(2846%).ThethirdplaceshowedthatthereweretwostrategieswiththesamefrequencynamelyusingthewordNoandusingthewordthankyou.Thesestrategiesoccured19times(1386%).Therestofthestrategieswereusingregretexpressionandusingpositiveexpression.Theformeroccurred8times(583%)andthelatteroccurredonlyonce(072%).Basedontheresultsitisobviousthattherespondentstendedtobeindirectinexpressingrefusals.Indirectrefusalformulassuchasgivingreasonstatementofregretandstatementofpositiveopinioncondition/suggestionandthankingweremorepreferablethandirectrefusalformulassuchassayingNo.Itisusedsincetherespondentswantedtobepolitebysavingthesellersface.Therespondentssaidsomethingthatlessenedthepossiblethreattoanothersfaceanditiscalledaface-savingact.Furthermoreitwasimpossibleforthesellerstolowerthepriceifthebuyerssaidsomethingimpoliteinthebargaininginthiscaserefusingthepriceofferedbythesellers.