Action Alignment and Social Alignment Domains in Business Relationships: An Abstract

This study supports the separation of action alignment domain variables (e.g., coordination and economic satisfaction) from the social alignment constructs (e.g., cooperation and noneconomic satisfaction) based on the “domain membership theory.” The key premise of this theory is that the association among the variables in the same domain will be stronger than the association between variables from different domains. The variables tested in this study are key elements of effective collaboration in relationships in supply chains or other interorganizational relationships.