Testing the Negative Effects of Time Pressure in Retail Supply Chain Relationships

Thomas, Rodney W.; Esper, Terry L.; Stank, Theodore P.

doi:10.1016/j.jretai.2010.07.011

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“…Scenario‐based experimental designs are particularly useful because they enable the study of situations where organizations may be unwilling to share details of proprietary business relationships or violate contractual obligations (Thomas et al. ). This research was conducted with a focus on what participants would do rather than on what participants should do in a situation that did not have an optimal solution.…”

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Integrating Behavioral Decision Theory and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Prioritizing Economic, Environmental, and Social Dimensions in Carrier Selection

Davis‐Sramek

Thomas

Fugate

2018

J of Business Logistics

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Carrier selection is a specialized sourcing decision with sustainability impacts in every supply chain. This research tests the effects of a transportation carrier's economic, environmental, and social sustainability performance on a shipper's carrier selection decision. Underrepresented experimental methods are used to test an a priori hypothesis derived from behavioral decision theory logic. Results contradict commonly held win–win, trade‐off, and ecological perspectives of sustainable supply chain management by finding that the economic dimension of sustainability has the greatest effect on carrier selection. Our research highlights this managerial preference and offers a theoretically grounded explanation for selection behaviors. This is one of the first empirical studies to simultaneously consider all three dimensions of sustainability. It also moves beyond an internal focal firm focus to evaluate sustainability effects through the eyes of external supply chain members. Our unique approach and findings offer managerial opportunities for differentiation and resource allocation as well as policy implications for the broader transportation system.

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Integrating Behavioral Decision Theory and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Prioritizing Economic, Environmental, and Social Dimensions in Carrier Selection

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Thomas

Fugate

2018

J of Business Logistics

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“…Due to the homogeneous sampling requirements of experimentation, student samples are often appropriate with this methodological approach due to their relative homogeneity (Thomas et al. 2010).…”

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When Student Samples Make Sense in Logistics Research

Thomas

2011

Journal of Business Logistics

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The use of student samples in logistics research is a controversial issue that often invokes vigorous debate among scholars. Critics of the practice claim that students are not able to realistically describe logistics phenomena and do not represent a generalizable cross‐section of practicing managers. These claims are valid for survey studies or qualitative methods that have traditionally dominated logistics research. However, in behavioral experiments that are focused on maximizing precision and control, student samples are often justified because of homogeneous sampling requirements and boundary conditions that include students within a theoretical framework. The objectives of this forward looking article are to explain when and why student samples are often appropriate in logistics research, generate additional discussion about the topic, and ultimately facilitate the growth of behavioral experimentation in logistics research.

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“…Graduate students have been used as participants in the literature for interfirm relationship studies that utilize the scenario-based experiment approach (e.g., Antia et al, 2006;Bendoly and Swink, 2007;Carter and Stevens, 2007;Loch and Wu, 2008;Agarwal et al, 2010;Bolton et al, 2012). The use of student samples is deemed appropriate in studies where systematic differences from context-specific factors do not exist (Thomas et al, 2010), and is even "considered a strength" wherein student samples exhibit "a homogeneous group" (Greenberg, 1987:159). Accordingly, several analyses were conducted to confirm that student subjects are not a concern for this study.…”

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“…The ANOVA results presented in Table 2 indicate that none of the demographic variables such as gender (p ¼0.222 for relationship continuance, p ¼0.326 for opportunism) and race (p ¼0.368 for relationship continuance, p ¼ 0.385 for opportunism) influence decision making in the experiment. In short, the study sample exhibits a high level of homogeneity, which reduces extraneous variances and concerns of using student samples (Greenberg, 1987;Thomas et al, 2010). 3…”

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Can I read your mind? Perception gaps in supply chain relationships

Chen

2016

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

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Testing the Negative Effects of Time Pressure in Retail Supply Chain Relationships

Cited by 61 publications

References 55 publications

Integrating Behavioral Decision Theory and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Prioritizing Economic, Environmental, and Social Dimensions in Carrier Selection

Integrating Behavioral Decision Theory and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Prioritizing Economic, Environmental, and Social Dimensions in Carrier Selection

When Student Samples Make Sense in Logistics Research

Can I read your mind? Perception gaps in supply chain relationships

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