Environmental Uncertainty and Strategic Supply Management: A Resource Dependence Perspective and Performance Implications
基于资源依赖理论，研究了供应链不确定性对战略供应管理的影响，发现供应和技术不确定性驱动战略供应管理，而需求不确定性影响不显著，且战略供应管理能提升买卖双方绩效。
SUMMARY Environmental uncertainty plays a crucial role in the implementation of strategic supply management initiatives. The current study adopts the resource dependence theory to explain the direct effect of supply chain uncertainties on strategic supply management, operationalized as a second‐order construct comprising strategic purchasing, long‐term relationship orientation, interfirm communication, cross‐organizational teams and supplier integration. Using structural equation modeling, the 200‐firm sample provided evidence that strategic supply management is driven by supply and technology uncertainty. Demand uncertainty, on the other hand, was not found to have a significant impact on strategic supply management. Findings further support the link between strategic supply management and the performance of both buying and supplying firms.