The impact of organizational culture on supply chain integration: A contingency and configuration approach

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-41

  Cao, Zhi ^a   Huo, Baofeng ^b   Li, Yuan ^c   Zhao, Xiande ^d,e  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^d CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^e SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Competing value framework; Configuration; Contingency; Organizational culture; Supply chain integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921892345     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-11-2013-0426     Document Type: Article

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