Handbook of Management Scales/Resource reconfiguration

Resource reconfiguration (alpha = 0.81) Description Four items were used to measure resource configuration. These items were adapted from Wei & Wang (2010), Helfat et al. (2007), Marsh & Stock (2006) and Zahra et al. (2006). Definition The authors define resource reconfiguration as the ability of a firm to reconfigure, realign and reorganize their resources in response to changes in the firm’s external environment (Wei & Wang, 2010; Helfat et al., 2007; Marsh & Stock, 2006; Zahraet al., 2006). Items We realign our firm resources and processes in response to environmental changes. (0.62) We reconfigure our resources and processes in response to the dynamic environment. (0.92) We restructure our resource base to react to the changing business environment. (0.74) We renew our resource base in response to the changing business environment. (0.67) (1 = disagree strongly, 7 = agree strongly) Source Ambulkar/Blackhurst/Grawe (2015): Firm’s resilience to supply chain disruptions: Scale development and empirical examination. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 33–34, pp. 111–122 Comments The first two items use the phrase “resources and processes”; this could be confusing, as resources and processes describe different concepts. The last two items use the term “resource base”; do survey participants really understand what is meant by this term? The mean values ranged between 4.5 and 5.3. Given that a 7-point scale was used, future researchers could slightly adapt the items in order to shift the mean value closer to the center (e.g., “We always align” rather than “We align”).