Restaurant purchasing skills and the impacts upon strategic purchasing and performance: The roles of supplier integration. (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cho, Meehee; Bonn, Mark A.; Giunipero, Larry; Divers, Jim
• Is Part Of: International journal of hospitality management. Volume 78(2019)
• Page Start: 293
• Page End: 303
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: Restaurant purchasing skills -- Strategic purchasing -- Restaurant performance -- Supplier integration; Hotel management -- Periodicals; Restaurant management -- Periodicals; Food service management -- Periodicals; Hôtels -- Gestion -- Périodiques; Restaurants -- Gestion -- Périodiques; Services alimentaires -- Gestion -- Périodiques; Food service management; Hotel management; Restaurant management; Periodicals; 647.94
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.09.012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-4319

Abstract

Highlights: Technical knowledge, interpersonal skills and managerial skills were found to be an essential purchasing skill set for restaurant operations. Restaurant purchasing skills were found to be important antecedents of strategic purchasing, leading to better performance. Supplier integration improved the impacts of purchasing skills upon restaurant strategic purchasing. Abstract: This study was designed to 1) identify essential purchasing skills for restaurant management; 2) investigate how specific purchasing skills impact a more strategic approach to purchasing affecting restaurant performance; 3) examine if supplier integration directly affects restaurant strategic purchasing; 4) investigate if supplier integration moderates the effects of purchasing skills upon restaurant purchasing. Results demonstrated that interpersonal skills and managerial skills had significant and positive effects upon strategic purchasing, but not technical knowledge . In particular, managerial skills were a more significant contributor to the development of strategic purchasing than were interpersonal skills . Results also supported the significant and positive effect of strategic purchasing upon restaurant performance. The relationship between purchasing skills and strategic purchasing were found to be significantly different between those having higher supplier integration, technical skills and process skills when compared to those having lower scores in these areas. Theoretical and managerial implications are provided.