Glavee-Geo Richard, Engelseth Per, Buvik Arnt
Department of International Business, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, P. O. Box 1517, 6025 Aalesund, Norway.
School of Business and Economics, University of Tromsø, Narvik Campus, Lodve Langesgate 2, 8514 Narvik, Norway.
J Bus Ethics. 2022;178(3):609-628. doi: 10.1007/s10551-021-04791-7. Epub 2021 Mar 19.
This paper highlights the dark side of power imbalance regarding its consequences in agri-food supplier-buyer relationships. We report on findings from two studies. The first study is based on a sample of 105 key informants, while study 2 is based on a sample of 444 key informants, all from the cocoa agri-food supply market of Ghana. While the first study focuses on the antecedents of power imbalance and its consequences, the second study explores the role of cooperatives/collective action in minimizing supplier exploitation. Data from these studies were analysed using the partial least squares technique (SmartPLS). Analysis of these findings shows switching costs' impact on power imbalance to be curvilinear, while power imbalance has a curvilinear relationship with opportunism. The negative consequences of power imbalance are further exacerbated by dependency and the lack of joint action. Furthermore, we found the negative impact of power imbalance on financial performance to be stronger for non-cooperative members than for cooperative members, while, counterintuitively, we found the positive impact of economic satisfaction on financial performance to be stronger for non-cooperative members than for cooperative members.
本文强调了权力不平衡在农业食品供应商 - 买家关系中的后果这一阴暗面。我们报告了两项研究的结果。第一项研究基于105名关键信息提供者的样本，而第二项研究基于444名关键信息提供者的样本，他们均来自加纳的可可农业食品供应市场。第一项研究聚焦于权力不平衡的前因及其后果，第二项研究则探讨了合作社/集体行动在最小化供应商剥削方面的作用。这些研究的数据使用偏最小二乘法技术（SmartPLS）进行了分析。对这些结果的分析表明，转换成本对权力不平衡的影响呈曲线关系，而权力不平衡与机会主义也呈曲线关系。依赖和缺乏联合行动进一步加剧了权力不平衡的负面影响。此外，我们发现权力不平衡对财务绩效的负面影响，非合作成员比合作成员更强，而违反直觉的是，我们发现经济满意度对财务绩效的积极影响，非合作成员比合作成员更强。
