Abstract
Creative sourcing strategies, designed to extract more value from the supply base, have become a competitive, strategic differentiator. To fuel creativity, companies install sourcing teams that can capitalize on the specialized knowledge and expertise of their employees across the company. This article introduces the concept of a team creativity climate (TCC) - team members' shared perceptions of their joint policies, procedures, and practices with respect to developing creative sourcing strategies – as a means to address the unique challenges associated with a collective, cross-functional approach to develop value-enhancing sourcing strategies. Using a systematic scale development process that validates the proposed concept, the authors confirm its ability to predict sourcing team performance, and suggest some research avenues extending from this concept.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 196-204 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2016 |
Keywords
- Sourcing teams
- Creativity
- Work-unit climate
- Scale development
- SUPPLY CHAIN
- PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
- SERVICE CLIMATE
- ORGANIZATIONAL-CLIMATE
- INTERRATER RELIABILITY
- EMPIRICAL-EXAMINATION
- EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY
- INNOVATION
- ANTECEDENTS
- MANAGEMENT