Abstract
This paper investigates the extent to which informal and formal socialisation mechanisms affect supplier organisational culture and if this leads to improvements in supplier performance.Using a quantitative sample of 279 UK companies from across a variety of industry sectors, a buyer company completed a survey on their perceptions of a typical high-performing supplier. The effect of informal and formal socialisation mechanisms on organisational culture and supplier operational performance outcomes was analysed. Our findings show that informal and formal socialisation methods have a direct and significant influence on the cultural dimensions of market, employee, open and loose. The cultural dimensions of normative and employee, where found to have a significant impact on operational supply chain performance. This is one of the first studies to break down culture into a number of sub-dimensions within the context of buyer/supplier relationships.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Unknown Host Publication |
| Publisher | British Academy of Management |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 19 Apr 2016 |
| Event | British Academy of Management Conference - Newcastle University Duration: 19 Apr 2016 → … |
Conference
| Conference | British Academy of Management Conference |
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| Period | 19/04/16 → … |
Keywords
- socialisation
- organisational culture
- supplier management
- performance
