Multilevel Issues in Supply Chain Management

Marian Oosterhuis (), Eric Molleman () and Taco Vaart ()
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Marian Oosterhuis: University of Groningen
Eric Molleman: University of Groningen
Taco Vaart: University of Groningen

A chapter in Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management, 2005, pp 283-297 from Springer

Abstract: Summary This study focuses on possible contributions of the multilevel approach to research in supply chain management. Supply chains consist of multiple organizations comprising different departments with people who are interacting inside and across organizations. Factors at different levels may thus influence chain performance in different ways. What is more, the multilevel approach recognizes that concepts may have different or similar meanings at different levels. Finally, the multilevel approach makes nested data structures, for instance data of ten purchasers nested in a purchasing department, more apparent and analyzable. A multilevel approach to SCM may contribute to this field in at least three ways: (1) conceptually/theoretically, (2) in a methodological sense and (3) in an analytical way. In this paper we will elaborate on these issues and we will apply them to our own research on human behavior in supply chains.

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Multilevel Theory; Organizational Behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/3-7908-1636-1_19

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