TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The aims of this paper are: to argue the role of Kelley's personal relationship theory (PRT) in explaining the maintenance and success of alliance outcomes; to argue the inclusion of communication between supply chain partners as a major component of relationship capital in addition to trust and commitment; to test the impact of interdependence between supply chain partners on strategic alliance outcomes; and to test the role of relationship capital as a mediating construct between interdependence.Design/methodology/approach– A questionnaire was constructed and sent to 2,156 supply chain managers in Malaysia. The questionnaire captured three constructs: interdependence – task, goal and reward; relationship capital – trust, commitment, and communication; and strategic alliance outcomes – goal, value‐creation, and re‐evaluation. The companies were selected randomly from the Federation of Malaysian Manaufacturers (FMM) directory. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses.Findings– The major findings are: communication must be included as a major component of relationship capital in addition to trust and commitment; Kelley's PRT plays a prominent role in explaining the maintenance and success of strategic alliance outcomes; interdependence has a significant relationship with relationship capital; relationship capital has a significant relationship with strategic alliance outcomes; and relationship capital acts as a pure mediator between interdependence and strategic alliance outcomes.Originality/value– This research contributes significantly to the theoretical and empirical developments that enrich the strategic alliance literature.
VL  - 49
IS  - 4
SN  - 0025-1747
DO  - 10.1108/00251741111126486
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00251741111126486
AU  - Sambasivan Murali
AU  - Siew‐Phaik Loke
AU  - Abidin Mohamed Zainal
AU  - Choy Leong Yee
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Impact of interdependence between supply chain partners on strategic alliance outcomes: Role of relational capital as a mediating construct
T2  - Management Decision
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 548
EP  - 569
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -