Handbook of Management Scales/Top management support

Top management support (alpha = 0.92) Description The authors identify key constructs related to supply chain management. Based on a systematic instrument develop process, they develop a set of reliable, valid, and unidimensional measurement scales. Items Top management is supportive of our efforts to improve the purchasing department. (0.69) Top management considers purchasing to be a vital part of our corporate strategy. (0.80) Purchasing’s views are important to most top managers. (0.82) The chief purchasing officer has high visibility within top management. (0.81) Top management emphasizes the purchasing function’s strategic role. (0.87) Requests for increased resources are mostly satisfied by top management. (0.53) Source Chen/Paulraj (2004): Towards a theory of supply chain management: the constructs and measurements. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 119–150 Top management support (alpha = 0.8447) Items Top managers repeatedly tell employees that this business unit's survival depends in its adapting to supply chain management. Top managers repeatedly tell employees that building, maintaining, and enhancing long-term relationships with our supply chain members are critical to this business unit's success. Top managers repeatedly tell employees that sharing valuable strategic/tactical information with our supply chain members is critical to this business unit's success. Top managers repeatedly tell employees that sharing risk and reward is critical to this business unit's success. Top management offers various education opportunities about supply chain management. Source Min/Mentzer (2004): Developing and measuring supply chain management concepts. Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 63-99. Related Scales Buying firm's top management support Management leadership