SOURCING PREFERENCE SCALE - MEASURING PREFERENCES OF PURCHASING MANAGERS FOR SINGLE SOURCING OR MULTIPLE SOURCING OF PRODUCTS

Authors
SWIFT CO COE BJ
Citation
Co. Swift et Bj. Coe, SOURCING PREFERENCE SCALE - MEASURING PREFERENCES OF PURCHASING MANAGERS FOR SINGLE SOURCING OR MULTIPLE SOURCING OF PRODUCTS, Industrial marketing management, 23(2), 1994, pp. 171-180
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Management,Business
Journal title
Industrial marketing management → ACNP
ISSN journal
00198501
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
171 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-8501(1994)23:2<171:SPS-MP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
This study examines single and multiple sourcing of products. A scale, the sourcing preference (SP) scale, is developed to measure purchasin g manager attitudes towards either single or multiple sourcing. The sc ale is then used to determine differences in selected demographic and organizational characteristics between purchasing managers who have a preference for single sourcing and those who have a preference for mul tiple sourcing.