Trust in buyer-supplier relationships: Supplier competency, interpersonal relationships and performance outcomes

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 392-412

  Stuart, F Ian ^a   Verville, Jacques ^b   Taskin, Nazim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Inter organizational trust; Partial least squares; Partnering; Structural equation modelling; Supplier management; Supply chain management; Survey methods; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863624780     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391211245856     Document Type: Article

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