Reducing Behavioral Constraints to Supplier Integration: A Socio-Technical Systems Perspective

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-86

  Kull, Thomas J ^a   Ellis, Scott C ^b   Narasimhan, Ram ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral supply management; Conceptual theory building; Human judgment and decision making; Supplier management; Technology management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872700062     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12002     Document Type: Article

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