Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Relationship marketing plays a significant role in supply chain practice and academic studies. Using the resource advantage theory within the relationship marketing framework, we studied the mediating role of trust as a governance mechanism in the fairness-loyalty relationship under different types of interdependence structure between suppliers (wholesalers) and buyers (retailers). Our findings, based on data from retail pharmacies, demonstrate that only under conditions of symmetric independence, trust, as a governance mechanism, completely mediate the relationship between fairness and loyalty. Under conditions of both perceived independence (i.e., lack of interdependence) and asymmetric buyer dependence, however, trust does not mediate but fairness directly influences loyalty. Thus, fairness and trust influence loyalty, strengthening relationships in different ways under different conditions of interdependence. The implications for research and practice are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Jambulingam, T., Kathuria, R., & Nevin, J.R. (2011). Fairness-trust-loyalty relationship under varying conditions of supplier-buyer interdependence. Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 19(1), 39-56. doi: 10.2753/MTP1069-6679190103
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Taylor & Francis
Included in
Operations and Supply Chain Management Commons, Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons, Other Business Commons, Other Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Commons, Pharmacy Administration, Policy and Regulation Commons
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, volume 19, issue 1, in 2011, available online at DOI: 10.2753/MTP1069-6679190103. It may differ slightly from the final version of record.