ABSTRACT
As displayed in Table 8, Harmonious Relationship is positively influenced by Suggestive Litigation (this rejects Proposition H2B) and negatively and strongly affected by Threats (this supports Proposition H2B). In addition, Request also has a negative effect on Harmonious
Relationship, similar to its influence on Trust-Commitment An explanation for the positive relationship of Harmonious Relationship with Suggestive Litigation is similar to that with Performance. That is, Suggestive Litigation serves as the definition of the distributor's behavior within an acceptable or satisfactory boundary, resulting in a harmonious relationship. It is particularly noteworthy that Suggestive Litigation has a negative effect on Affective Relationship (Bfsl-fer = - 0.488, p < 0.001), indicating that Suggestive Litigation is not desirable on the part of distributors but actually plays an important role in maintaining a healthy supplier-distributor relationship.
