Gaski (1986) stated that it is through reward and coercive power that partner perceptions are managed to create harmonious and enduring relationships.
Gaski (1986) states that partner perceptions (such as expert, referent, and legitimate power sources) are managed through reward and coercive power sources to create harmonious and enduring interorganizational exchange relationships.
When socially anxious people (+1 SD from the mean) were perceived by their partners as providing less capitalization support, the relationship was more likely to end, t = 2.10, p = .04, whereas for people with low social anxiety (−1 SD from the mean), partner perceptions of capitalization support had no association with break-up status, t = 0.72, p = .47.47
The study aims to assess government and partner perceptions on whether Government of Nepal currently has full knowledge of contributions of international aid organizations and International Non-Governmental Organizatoons to health in Nepal and to assess if the government is able to control all foreign contributions to fit the objectives of Second Long Term Health Plan (1997 2017).
Under these circumstances, this study aims to explore government and partner perceptions of the extent to which GoN currently is aware of contributions of EDPs and INGOs to health in Nepal and its control of foreign contributions in order to meet the objectives of Second Long Term Health Plan (1997 2017).
By providing evidence with a greater appearance of objectivity than informal controls can yield, action and result controls improve partners' perception of each other's trustworthiness, and build competence and goodwill-based trust.
The administered questionnaire asked about: age, sex, and educational status; condom use with regular and non-regular partners; number of sexual partners; perception of personal HIV risk; HIV testing in the last 12 months, intention to have an HIV test; and experience of intimate partner violence in the last 12 months (see Additional file 1: Questionnaire).
Catz et al. (2012) also found that partners' perceptions that being released from prison increases sexual desirability, partners' negative condom attitudes, depression, strong desires for sex and/or substance use and HIV disclosure-related fears of rejection act as barriers to risk reduction after release from prison.
The two exploratory studies described in this article highlight national policy-makers' and their partners' perceptions of data used in Countdown country profiles and reports.
They found that partners' perceptions of synergy were linked to collaborative styles of partnership leadership, careful use of partners' time and resources, and, to a lesser extent, the partnership's administrative and management processes.
Our article contributes to this literature with an account of qualitative research on national policy-makers' and their partners' perceptions of data presented in country profiles and reports prepared by Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival (Countdown).
