Handbook of Management Scales/Disruption impact

Disruption impact (alpha = 0.75)

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Description

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A scale to measure disruption impact was adapted from Bode et al. (2011).

Definition

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Disruption impact refers to both high impact and low impact disruptions.

Items

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In the following section, please indicate how did the reported disruption negatively affect (directly or indirectly) your business unit on the following dimensions in the short-run? (1 = not at all, 5 = a great deal)

  • Overall efficiency of operations. (0.54)
  • Lead time for delivery (delivery reliability). (0.80)
  • Purchasing costs for supplies. (0.79)

Source

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  • Ambulkar/Blackhurst/Grawe (2015): Firm’s resilience to supply chain disruptions: Scale development and empirical examination. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 33–34, pp. 111–122

Comments

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The three items might measure the construct in a formative rather than reflective way. This might also be the reason for the very low standardized factor loading of the first item.