Handbook of Management Scales/Formal control

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Formal control (alpha = 0.780/0.786)

Description

The authors consider two forms of control, namely formal control and social control.

Items

Detailed contract is the most important way to guarantee cooperation success.
The contract is useful to regulate the behavior of partner.
In the process of cooperation, we use ﬁnancial and market indices to evaluate cooperation success.
Detailed cooperative rules have been written in the contract.
Both partners know the cooperative procedures.

Source

Li et al. (2008): Transformational offshore outsourcing: Empirical evidence from alliances in China. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 257-274.

Related Scales

Social control

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