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Title: Student-Manager Surrogacy in Supply Chain Decision Making

Authors: Chanchai Tangpong; Young K. Ro

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Abstract: Numerous business researchers commonly use students as manager surrogates. It is therefore critical for business researchers to understand the viability of this target population for research purposes. In this study, we empirically investigated the student-manager surrogacy in supply chain decision making contexts. From an experimental research, we found that students appeared to have similar decision-making patterns as managers and could be used as surrogates for managers in relational and cooperative supply chain contexts, but not in transactional or competitive supply chain contexts. The methodological implications of the findings for future research are also discussed.

Keywords: Student-manager surrogacy; supply chain decision making; experimental research; relational contexts; cooperative contexts.

DOI: 10.1504/JBM.2008.141161

Journal of Business and Management, 2008 Vol.14 No.1, pp.77 - 91

Published online: 05 Sep 2024 *