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Procedural Justice in Procurement Management and Inclusive Interorganizational Relations: An Institutional Perspective
Author(s) -
Theodorakopoulos Nicholas,
Ram Monder,
Kakabadse Nada
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8551.12071
Subject(s) - procedural justice , procurement , purchasing , context (archaeology) , business , economic justice , perspective (graphical) , empirical research , public relations , sociology , marketing , economics , knowledge management , political science , microeconomics , psychology , epistemology , computer science , paleontology , philosophy , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , perception , biology
This paper applies the concept of procedural justice to one of the most important focal points of interorganizational relations: the purchaser–supplier relationship. The few extant studies of the concept in the purchaser–supplier domain have overlooked an important aspect of this key relationship: that is, inclusiveness in procurement. This is despite the fact that interest in the specific empirical context of supply chain links between large purchasing organizations ( LPOs ) and ethnic minority suppliers ( EMSs ) from disadvantaged communities proceeds apace on both sides of the A tlantic. Institutional theory is used to examine the form that procedural justice takes in eight case studies of LPOs from the private and public sectors, which actively engage with inclusive procurement management initiatives in England. The guiding question is twofold: ‘What may LPO approaches to installing procedural justice in procurement management entail?’ and ‘How are these approaches shaped?’ This paper identifies specific approaches to installing procedural justice for inclusive procurement and submits theoretical propositions about how these are shaped. The study contributes to a macro‐level assessment of procedural justice, i.e. interorganizational procedural justice, as a significant aspect of inclusive interorganizational relationships, which is a domain in need of theoretical development.