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Good Partners Or Good Politicians: An Exploration Of Politics In Supply Chain Management, Ladonna Michelle Thornton
Good Partners Or Good Politicians: An Exploration Of Politics In Supply Chain Management, Ladonna Michelle Thornton
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation explores the impact of politics on internal and external supply chain management initiatives. From an intra-firm perspective, the impact of organizational politics and political skill on supply chain dynamics and processes is investigated in two quantitative articles. Article 1 is a constituency-based view perspective using survey methodology that explores the impact of organizational politics and political skill on cross-functional integration and supply chain orientation. This article finds that there is a negative relationship between organizational politics and cross-functional integration and a positive relationship between organizational politics and supply chain orientation when political skill of the top supply chain …