Purchasing Status and Strategic Thinking Climate in the Jordanian Manufacturing Sector

Authors

Abdelsalam Issa Al-Rashid Ph’d candidate at College of Business, Mutah University, Alkarak - Jordan Po.Box: 61710
Loay M. Salhieh Graduate School of Business Administration (GSBA),German Jordanian University, P.O Box 35247 Amman 11180 Jordan
Jamal D. Abu-Doleh Department of Business administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Luay Jum Department of Logistic Sciences, School of Management and Logistic Sciences (SMLS), German Jordanian University, P.O Box 35247 Amman 11180 Jordan.

Strategic Purchasing Practices, Strategic Purchasing involvement, Strategic thinking Climate, Purchasing, Function, Purchasing Status, Jordan.

The aim of this study is to present an examination of the relationship between strategic purchasing practices and

purchasing involvement at a strategic level in manufacturing sector, with strategic thinking climate as a moderating

variable. Based on the collected sample, the authors explored the proposed hypotheses by applying the hierarchical

multiple regression analysis to explore moderation effect of strategic thinking climate. The results suggest that purchasing

working in organizations described as having low strategic thinking climate would not elevate the status or strategic

involvement of the purchasing function in business strategy formulation even though purchasing practices are strategic in

nature. While organizations who have high level of strategic thinking climate would elevate the status or strategic

involvement of the purchasing function given its practices are strategic in nature. This study represents a first attempt at a

type of climate that would affect the status and involvement of purchasing in the strategy formulation process.

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