Influence of Relationship Commitment and Trust on Collaborative Behaviour in Supply Chains

The paper discusses theoretically and examines empirically the influence of the relationship commitment on collaborative behaviour in supply chains. In today’s unstable business environment companies should collaborate to achieve mutual goals and competitive advantage. Defining relationship commitment and collaboration in supply chains (from social exchange theory point of view) is the basis of the research of this paper. The authors' aim is to examine the influence of relationship commitment on collaboration in supply chains in Slovenian economy. The qualitative research part discusses if the relationship commitment between partners in supply chain influences the collaborative behaviour between partners and which are the antecedents of relationship commitment. The research is based on a quantitative analysis of the online questionnaire survey made on the Slovenian economy. The research results show strong influence of trust and relationship commitment on collaboration between partners in supply chains.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v27i1.1575
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2015 Kač, S.M. et al.
• Authors:
  • Kač, Sonja Mlaker
  • Gorenak, Irena
  • Potočan, Vojko
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 77-84
• Serial:
  • PROMET-Traffic & Transportation
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: University of Zagreb
  • ISSN: 0353-5320
  • EISSN: 1848-4069
  • Serial URL: https://traffic2.fpz.hr/index.php/PROMTT
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Economic analysis; Psychological trust; Social factors; Supply chain management
• Geographic Terms: Slovenia
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Freight Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01562590
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 2015 9:24AM