| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1020697 | Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management | 2016 | 9 Pages |
•Team creativity climate is measured with a 9-item scale.•Team creativity climate is a valid, reliable and distinct construct.•Team creativity climate predicts sourcing team performance.
Creative sourcing strategies, designed to extract more value from the supply base, have become a competitive, strategic differentiator. To fuel creativity, companies install sourcing teams that can capitalize on the specialized knowledge and expertise of their employees across the company. This article introduces the concept of a team creativity climate (TCC) - team members' shared perceptions of their joint policies, procedures, and practices with respect to developing creative sourcing strategies – as a means to address the unique challenges associated with a collective, cross-functional approach to develop value-enhancing sourcing strategies. Using a systematic scale development process that validates the proposed concept, the authors confirm its ability to predict sourcing team performance, and suggest some research avenues extending from this concept.
