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Respectable group members,
I am working in a paper where I am intended to show the link between uncertainty and relationship quality (trust, commitment and satisfaction). In this regard, I operationalized the uncertainty construct as per Leonidou et al., (2006). The items were used as
i) existence of high degree of uncertainty, ii) inadequacy of information when making decisions, iii) difficulty in monitoring trends, iv) confidence in making future decisions, and v) in accurate anticipation of acts. Two aspects of uncertainty were considered
internal and environmental and according to Leonidou et al., (2006. I assume a negative effect of combine uncertainty on relationship quality. And according to Morgan and Hunt, (1994), I also consider that the uncertainty construct is formative one. I had
collected 185 datasets based on the aforesaid operationalization of the uncertainty construct; worthy to mention that I will analyze my datasets in SmartPls.
I got review from one of my honorable reviewers that “there is no particular reason for us to expect environmental and internal uncertainty to be positively correlated”. I am quite unsure how to respond to this question. I will be obliged if you kindly
suggest me how to deal with this situation. Is it possible to split the aforesaid items based on Leonidou et al., (2006) into two distinct constructs as : environmental and internal uncertainty or is there any further justifications available for keeping one
formative construct as “uncertainty” and assuming the negative relationship with relationship quality?
Thanks in advance
Sincerely
Jalal Ahamed
PhD Student
Tromsų University Business School
University of Tromsų, Norway
LEONIDOU, L. C., BARNES, B. R. & TALIAS, M. A. 2006. Exporter–importer relationship quality: The inhibiting role of uncertainty, distance, and conflict.
Industrial Marketing Management, 35, 576-588.