Organizational Slack Scale

What it measures

Measures the availability of excess organizational resources that can be rapidly mobilized for new strategic initiatives. Higher scores indicate more available organizational slack. Used as a control variable to account for firm resources and market power.

Response format

Likert

Scale items

• We have uncommitted resources that can be used to fund strategic initiatives at short notice.
• We have a large amount of resources available in the short run to fund our initiatives.
• We will have no problems obtaining resources at short notice to support new strategic initiatives.

Full scale items shown. Always cite the original source when using this scale in research.

Usage notes & scoring

CR = .84, AVE = .64. New scale developed for this study. 5-point scale (1='strongly disagree', 5='strongly agree'). One item dropped: 'We have a large amount of resources at the discretion of management to fund new strategic initiatives'. Validated in Chinese high-technology firms.

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Citation

De Luca, L.M. & Atuahene-Gima, K. (2007). Market knowledge dimensions and cross-functional collaboration: Examining the different routes to product innovation performance. Journal of Marketing, 71(1), 95–112.

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