Effect of Behavior Tension on Value Creation in Owner–Contractor Relationships: Moderating Role of Dependence Asymmetry

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Qinzhen Qian ◽  
Lianying Zhang ◽  
Tingting Cao
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Dependence Asymmetry ◽  
Moderating Role

Tie Strength and Value Creation in the Buyer-Supplier Context: A U-Shaped Relation Moderated by Dependence Asymmetry

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 1029-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusoon Kim ◽  
Thomas Y. Choi
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Tie Strength ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
Dependence Asymmetry ◽  
Moderating Role

This study integrates two disparate genres within tie-strength literature into one model to investigate the mechanisms for value creation in the buyer-supplier context. This research brings together the opposite ends of the tie-strength continuum: the “weak ties,” which are instrumental in tapping into novel ideas and emerging technologies, and the “strong ties,” which promote joint resource investments and capability development. By doing so, we bring salience to the existence of “intermediate ties” (i.e., the ties of moderate strength) and their implications for value creation. Even though the intermediate ties are likely most common in the buyer-supplier context, they have been given short shrift in the literature. We predict a U-shaped relation, where weak ties and strong ties are more effective than intermediate ties in value creation. Furthermore, we explore the moderating role of dependence asymmetry. Our hypotheses are tested using survey data from a major global automaker and its North American suppliers. The results demonstrate that both the weak and strong buyer-supplier ties lead to higher value creation, whereas intermediate ties do not increase value creation. Also, the study illustrates that, overall, asymmetric buyer-supplier ties show diminished value creation, and this moderating effect is particularly pronounced for intermediate ties.

scholarly journals Research on the Relationship Between EM and NVP – Exploring the Moderating Role of EU

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 853-860
Author(s):  
Lidong Zhu ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Environmental Uncertainty ◽  
Entrepreneurial Marketing ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This paper explores the role of entrepreneurial marketing (EM) and environmental uncertainty (EU) in driving new ventures’ performance (NVP). Using data from a survey of 883 small ventures based in Anhui province, China, we find that EM is an important drive of NVP. Only 4 EM dimensions (customer value creation, pro-activeness, innovations, and opportunity-focus) have positive effects on growth performance (GP), and only 5 EM dimensions (customer value creation, pro-activeness, innovations, opportunity-focus, and resource leveraging) have positive effects on profit performance (PP) as well. On the other hand, we found that environmental uncertainty (EU) has a partly moderating role between EM and GP, EU only negatively moderates the relationship between pro-activeness and GP, and EU positively moderates the relationship between opportunity-focus, risk-taking and GP. In addition, EU does not have a moderating role between EM and PP.

Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Lew ◽  
Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽  
Yanzheng Liu ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Olga Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Strains ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conflicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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