Social Capital and Buyer-Supplier Degree Symmetry:Impact on Relationship Satisfaction
Social capital represents an emerging theoretical lens for studying buyer-supplier relationships. This paper proposes a model of social capital and its influence on knowledge-sharing routines. The outcome of the model is relationship satisfaction. This research uses dyadic data to ensure that both buyer and supplier perspectives are included in the analysis. Specifically, the research calculates degree symmetry and degree value measures to evaluate the conceptual model within the framework of dyadic relationships between buyers and suppliers. The contributions to the literature include increased understanding of the impact of social capital on knowledge-sharing and perceived relationship satisfaction as well as the use of a dyadic research methodology to incorporate both buyer and supplier perspectives. The results illustrate that social capital elements (e.g., trust and shared vision) positively influence the development of knowledgesharing routines between buyers and suppliers (namely information sharing and cooperative effort). Knowledgesharing routines positively impact the level of satisfaction with the buyer-supplier relationship.
Supplier relationships Social capital Knowledge-sharing
Judy Whipple Kenneth K.Boyer Evelyne Vanpoucke
Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, U.S. Ohio State University, Columbus, U.S. Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
国际会议
香港·广州
英文
708-713
2010-07-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）