Proceedings of the Korean DIstribution Association Conference (한국유통학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2007.08a
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- Pages.159-186
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- 2007
The Influence of Environmental Dynamism on Opportunism in Terms of Control Mechanism and Bureaucratic Structuring
환경의 동태성이 통제 메커니즘과 관료적 구조화를 매개로 기회주의에 미치는 영향
- Published : 2007.08.20
Abstract
In today's world, the ability to adapt to the rapidly changing environment is fundamental to the survival and success of any organizations. This is particularly true for the Korean retailing industry which is in the throe of sweeping developments. Against the backdrop of an increasing importance of the environmental factors, it is imperative to look into what efforts are required of corporate enterprises in order to achieve successful long-term partnerships between and among the parties involved in the retail value chain. In spite of the critical importance of the need to understand the environmental factors and their influences on the retail value chain, a serious theoretical and empirical study into this subject has never been conducted. Moreover, previous research has overlooked the various mechanisms influencing the value chain in terms of ,control strategy' and 'control structure'. The purpose of this study is to investigate the direct and indirect modes of influences environmental dynamism exerts on opportunism, one of important relationship factors. This study particularly delves into the indirect modes of influence in terms of control strategy (control mechanism) and control structure (bureaucratic structuring). To this end, a survey research has been conducted of 200 suppliers in business relationships with Korean hypermarket retailers. The survey results show that environmental dynamism has a positive correlation with the opportunism of suppliers. In addition, the control mechanisms such as monitoring and incentives employed by retailers, in turn, have an indirect influence on the opportunism of suppliers. In other words, the monitoring of retailers has a positive correlation with the opportunism of suppliers, while the use of bureaucratic structuring has a negative correlation with opportunism. This study discusses how both retailers and their suppliers should respond to the domestic retail business environment with highly dynamic characteristics, in order to achieve a long-term win-win partnership with one another. It also presents ideas to retailers with regard to what kinds of management strategies and management efforts required to effectively control the opportunism of suppliers.
환경의 중요성이 강조되는 가운데 유통경로 구성원 간 동반자적 관계의 성공을 위해 기업이 어떤 노력을 기울여야 하는지에 대한 연구가 시급하다. 유통경로 관리에서 유통 환경을 명확히 이해하고, 그것이 유통경로 시스템에 주는 영향을 파악하는 것이 매우 중요하다는 점을 인지하면서도 환경의 영향에 대한 이론적
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