This study is to analize the effect and implication of some behavioral characteristics toward companies performance in a relational contracting between manufacturing companies and their suppliers. This study is developed from the relational contracting model. Independent variables in this study are some behavioral characteristics that consist of interdependency, trust, and goal congruence. The effect of these variables is tested against companies performance through cooperation variable. Based on the theoritical model that is proposed in this research, the statistical techniques used in this study are multivariate correlation, regression analysis, and path analysis. These statistical techniques are used to analyze the data and test the hypothesis. The population are manufacturing companies that have contractual agreement with their suppliers simultaneously for at least one year and the material purchased must have dominant effect on the production process. The sample of 51 manufacturing companies in Jawa and Kalimantan are selected purposively. This research uses questionnaire with modified Likert scale into six scales of measurement. The results of statistical testing of four hypothesis show that three null hypothesis are rejected and, there for, performance hypothesis is accepted. There are significant and positive relationship between interdependency and cooperation, between trust and cooperation, and between cooperation and companies performance. One null hypothesis is not rejected, that is, goal congruence. The interdependency and companies performance which is not defined as a hypothesis before, results in the significant positive relationship.

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