View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of Missouri, St. Louis University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Dissertations UMSL Graduate Works 7-21-2014 Supply Chain Relationships in Procurement: Is Collaboration Reality? Wesley S. Boyce University of Missouri-St. Louis, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/dissertation Part of the Business Commons Recommended Citation Boyce, Wesley S., "Supply Chain Relationships in Procurement: Is Collaboration Reality?" (2014). Dissertations. 233. https://irl.umsl.edu/dissertation/233 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the UMSL Graduate Works at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Supply Chain Relationships in Procurement: Is Collaboration Reality? Wesley S. Boyce MBA, Marketing, Missouri State University, 2008 BS, Administrative Management, Missouri State University, 2007 A Dissertation submitted to the Graduate School at the University of Missouri – St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Logistics and Supply Chain Management August 2014 Advisory Committee Ray A. Mundy, Ph.D. Chair John L. Kent, Ph.D. Haim Mano, Ph.D. Keith Womer, Ph.D. Copyright, Wesley S. Boyce, 2014 Supply Chain Collaboration Boyce Table of Contents Table of Figures ................................................................................................................... 4 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. 5 Abstract ............................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1 – Theoretical Grounding and Literature Review ................................................ 9 1.1 Introduction - Overview of Supply Chain Management ...................................... 9 1.2 The Supply Chain Management Continuum ...................................................... 13 1.3 Theoretical Grounding ....................................................................................... 16 1.3.1 Transactional View ...................................................................................... 17 1.3.2 Resource-Based View .................................................................................. 19 1.3.3 Relational View ........................................................................................... 21 1.4 Conceptual Development - Dimensions of Collaboration ................................. 22 1.4.1 Information Sharing, Resource Sharing, and Collaborative Communication 23 1.4.2 Decision Synchronization ............................................................................ 26 1.4.3 Incentive Alignment and Goal Congruence ................................................ 27 1.4.4 Joint Knowledge Creation ........................................................................... 29 1.5 Literature Review ............................................................................................... 29 1.5.1 Previous Empirical Collaboration Studies ................................................... 30 1.5.2 Conclusions ................................................................................................. 41 Chapter 2 – Hypothesis Development and Methodology ................................................ 44 2.1 Hypothesis Development ................................................................................... 45 2.2 Research Methods ............................................................................................. 50 2.2.1 Semi-structured Interviews ........................................................................ 52 2.2.2 Internet Survey ........................................................................................... 53 2.3 Data Analysis ...................................................................................................... 58 2.3.1 Conclusions ................................................................................................. 61 Chapter 3 – The Collaboration Study ................................................................................ 63 3.1 Semi-structured Interviews ................................................................................ 64 3.1.1 Communication ........................................................................................... 66 3.1.2 Trust and Accountability ............................................................................. 68 3.1.3 Strategic Mindset ........................................................................................ 69 3.1.4 Supplier Selection and Evaluation .............................................................. 70 2 Supply Chain Collaboration Boyce 3.2 Internet Survey ................................................................................................... 70 3.2.1 Reliability and Factor Analysis .................................................................... 72 3.3 Analysis of Hypotheses....................................................................................... 75 3.3.1 Hypothesis 1 ................................................................................................ 75 3.3.2 Hypothesis 2 ................................................................................................ 77 3.3.3 Hypotheses 3, 4, and 5 ................................................................................ 81 3.3.4 An Alternative SEM ..................................................................................... 86 3.3.5 Conclusions ................................................................................................. 90 3.4 Discussion ........................................................................................................... 91 3.5 Limitations .......................................................................................................... 94 3.6 Future Research ................................................................................................. 96 References ...................................................................................................................... 100 Appendix ......................................................................................................................... 110 Summary of Published Research on Relationships and Collaboration ....................... 110 Interview Guide ........................................................................................................... 112 Interview Consent Form .............................................................................................. 114 Survey Instrument ....................................................................................................... 115 Survey Cover Letter ..................................................................................................... 122 IRB Approval Letter ..................................................................................................... 123 SPSS Amos Output For Structural Model .................................................................... 124 Composite Model 1 ................................................................................................. 124 Composite Model 2 ................................................................................................. 130 Web Address To Access Raw Data File ........................................................................ 136 3 Supply Chain Collaboration Boyce Table of Figures Figure 1 Firms and activities in a supply chain………………………………………………………………… 9 Figure 2 The supply chain process………………………………………………………………………………….. 10 Figure 3 The supply chain management continuum………………………………………………………. 14 Figure 4 Summary of hypotheses…………………………………………………………………………………… 48 Figure 5 Collaboration research framework …………………………………………………………………. 49 Figure 6 Interviewee industries………………………………………………………………………………………. 64 Figure 7 Reliability and factor analytic statistics.……………………………………………………………. 72 Figure 8 Correlation between scales and demographic variables..…………………………………. 73 Figure 9 Correlations among survey scales….…………………………………………………………………. 74 Figure 10 Collaboration continuum data………..………………………………………………………………. 76 Figure 11 Analysis of variance with repeated measures: collaboration engagement…….. 79 Figure 12 Analysis of variance with repeated measures: collaboration importance………. 80 Figure 13 Summary of structural model findings……………………………………………………………. 82 Figure 14 Factor score regression analyses……………………………………………………………………. 83 Figure 15 Hierarchical regression for collaboration continuum………………………………………. 84 Figure 16 Hierarchical regression for performance………………..……………………………………… 85 Figure 17 Revised SEM………………………………………………………….………………………………………. 87 Figure 18 Factor score regression analyses for revised model.………………………………………. 88 Figure 19 Hierarchical regression for collaboration continuum: revised model………………. 89 Figure 20 Hierarchical regression for performance: revised model…………………………………. 89 4 Supply Chain Collaboration Boyce Acknowledgements The process of completing this dissertation was a challenging endeavor. Not only was this an entirely new process for me, but it required a level of commitment and determination