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Relationship Norm Orientation (Communal vs. Exchange)
Three semantic differentials are used to measure whether a customer has more of a communal relationship or an exchange relationship with a business or employee. In the scale, a communal relationship is informal and like a family whereas an exchange relationship is formal and purely transactional.
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