Handbook of Management Scales/Exposure to external turbulence
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Exposure to external turbulence[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
A new scale was developed to measure exposure to external turbulence. The items were based on the supply chain risk management literature.
Definition[edit | edit source]
Exposure to external turbulence was defined as an “organization’s actual exposure to upstream and downstream turbulence (i.e., on supplier and on customer markets)”.
Items[edit | edit source]
Please rate the extent of fluctuations in your logistics organization’s environment:
- Our environment is characterized by a high number of ongoing fluctuations (e.g. raw material prices).
- Our customer demand is subject to very high fluctuations.
- The supply of our (sub-)suppliers is subject to very high fluctuations.
Items were measured with a 7-point Likert scale ranging from “1 = not at all” to “7 = to a very great extent”.
Source[edit | edit source]
- Bühler/Wallenburg/Wieland (2016): Accounting for External Turbulence of Logistics Organizations via Performance Measurement Systems. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 21, No. 6
Comments[edit | edit source]
The scale was used as a control. No reliability indicators were reported for this scale.