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A comprehensive assessment of measurement equivalence in operations management

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  • Desirée Knoppen
  • Melek Akın Ateş
  • Alistair Brandon-Jones
  • Davide Luzzini
  • Erik van Raaij
  • Finn Wynstra

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This paper provides a comprehensive framework for treating equivalence both prior to data collection and during subsequent analyses, and assesses the extent to which equivalence is considered in survey research in six leading empirical Operations Management (OM) journals (Decision Sciences, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Operations Management, Management Science and Production and Operations Management). Measurement equivalence of latent variables in survey data is an important condition that should be met in order to meaningfully pool and/or compare data stemming from apparently heterogeneous sub-groups. We assess 465 survey articles from a six-year period from 2006 to 2011 and document these articles in relation to the four main stages of our comprehensive framework: identifying sources of heterogeneity; maximising equivalence prior to data collection; testing measurement equivalence after data collection; and dealing with partial and non-equivalence. We conclude that pooling of data from heterogeneous sub-groups is common practice in OM, but that awareness and testing of equivalence remains limited. Given these findings, we further elaborate the best practices detected in those few OM studies that do address equivalence in some way. We conclude that to improve the quality of OM survey research, authors, editors and reviewers should pay greater attention to equivalence, and we provide a pragmatic checklist of measurement equivalence issues across the four stages.

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  • Desirée Knoppen & Melek Akın Ateş & Alistair Brandon-Jones & Davide Luzzini & Erik van Raaij & Finn Wynstra, 2015. "A comprehensive assessment of measurement equivalence in operations management," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(1), pages 166-182, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:53:y:2015:i:1:p:166-182
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.944629
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    1. Knoppen, Desirée & Sáenz, María Jesús, 2017. "Interorganizational teams in low-versus high-dependence contexts," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 191(C), pages 15-25.
    2. Abdul Wajid & Kanishka Gupta, 2022. "Stock Market Responses to the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Evidence From the World's Largest Economies," International Journal of Business Analytics (IJBAN), IGI Global, vol. 9(1), pages 1-19, January.
    3. Rivera, Liliana & Sheffi, Yossi & Knoppen, Desirée, 2016. "Logistics clusters: The impact of further agglomeration, training and firm size on collaboration and value added services," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 285-294.
    4. Patrucco, Andrea S. & Moretto, Antonella & Luzzini, Davide & Glas, Andreas H., 2020. "Obtaining supplier commitment: antecedents and performance outcomes," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
    5. Kleinaltenkamp, Michael & Minculescu, Ioana & Raithel, Sascha, 2017. "Customization of B2B Services: Measurement and Impact on Firm Performance," SMR - Journal of Service Management Research, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 1(1), pages 39-56.
    6. Meuer, Johannes & Tröster, Christian & Angstmann, Michèle & Backes-Gellner, Uschi & Pull, Kerstin, 2019. "Embeddedness and the repatriation intention of assigned and self-initiated expatriates," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 784-793.
    7. Henrik Franke & Stephanie Eckerd & Kai Foerstl, 2022. "Rising to the Top: Motivational Forces Influencing Status Conflict in Sourcing Teams," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 31(3), pages 963-983, March.
    8. Knoppen, Desirée & Saris, Willem & Moncagatta, Paolo, 2022. "Absorptive capacity dimensions and the measurement of cumulativeness," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 312-324.
    9. Saif Mir & Misty Blessley & Zach Zacharia & John Aloysius, 2022. "Mending fences in a buyer–supplier relationship: The role of justice in relationship restoration," Journal of Supply Chain Management, Institute for Supply Management, vol. 58(3), pages 23-46, July.

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