Handbook of Management Scales/Relational capital
Relational capital (alpha = 0.83) edit
Description edit
A previously multi-item 7-point scale was used. It was further pretested with six logistics researchers and six executive managers of logistics service providers to ensure face validity.
Definition edit
Relational capital involves an atmosphere of forbearance, respect and balanced reciprocity (Wallenburg & Raue, 2011) and creates a mutual confidence that no party will exploit the others’ vulnerabilities even if there is such opportunity (Kale et al., 2000).
Items edit
The cooperation is characterized by…
- …close personal interaction.
- …personal friendship.
- …mutual trust.
- …high reciprocity.
Source edit
Comments edit
With values above 5, the mean values of the first and third items were a bit too high. Here, words like "very" or "strong" could be added in front of these items to shift their mean values towards 4.
Related Scales edit
- Trust (and other scales mentioned there)