Campus Units
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
3-2015
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Business Logistics
Volume
36
Issue
1
First Page
88
Last Page
101
DOI
10.1111/jbl.12077
Abstract
Firms recognize that working together through collaborative relationships offers potential benefits such as improving cooperation, information sharing, and overall performance. An additional and extremely valuable benefit of working together is the potential for creating innovative business approaches and solutions. Thus, developing external linkages has become a higher priority within many organizations. Boundary spanning employees offer one means of achieving closer cross‐firm relationships. We investigate the roles of boundary spanners by examining service providers and their relationships with customers. More specifically, we examine boundary spanning employees that are physically on‐site at customer facilities. Results provide strong support that boundary spanners perceiving higher levels of external organizational support from a client subsequently develop affective commitment to the customer. This, in turn, drives knowledge exchange and logistics innovation. A relationship between logistics innovation and performance (of service providers and of customers) was also found. Managerial implications of the research findings are discussed and suggestions presented covering future research.
Copyright Owner
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Copyright Date
2015
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Grawe, Scott J.; Daughterty, Patricia J.; and Ralston, Peter M., "Enhancing Dyadic Performance Through Boundary Spanners and Innovation: An Assessment of Service Provider–Customer Relationships" (2015). Supply Chain Management Publications. 48.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/scm_pubs/48
Included in
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Commons, Operations and Supply Chain Management Commons, Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons, Strategic Management Policy Commons, Technology and Innovation Commons
Comments
This accepted article is published as Grawe, S.J., Daughterty, P. J., Ralston, P.M., Enhancing Dyadic Performance through Boundary Spanners and Innovation: An Assessment of Service Provider-Customer Relationships. Journal of Business Logistics. 2015, 36(1); 88-101. DOI: 10.1111/jbl.12077. Posted with permission.