Reliable Prediction Intervals and Bayesian Estimation for Demand Rates of Slow-Moving Inventory

Application of multisource feedback (MSF) increased dramatically and became widespread globally in the past two decades, but there was little conceptual work regarding self-other agreement and few empirical studies investigated self-other agreement in other cultural settings. This study developed a new conceptual framework of self-other agreement and used three samples to illustrate how national culture affected self-other agreement. These three samples included 428 participants from China, 818 participants from the US, and 871 participants from globally dispersed teams (GDTs). An EQS procedure and a polynomial regression procedure were used to examine whether the covariance matrices were equal across samples and whether the relationships between self-other agreement and performance would be different across cultures, respectively. The results indicated MSF could be applied to China and GDTs, but the pattern of relationships between self-other agreement and performance was different across samples, suggesting that the results found in the U.S. sample were the exception rather than rule. Demographics also affected self-other agreement disparately across perspectives and cultures, indicating self-concept was susceptible to cultural influences. The proposed framework only received partial support but showed great promise to guide future studies. This study contributed to the literature by: (a) developing a new framework of self-other agreement that could be used to study various contextual factors; (b) examining the relationship between self-other agreement and performance in three vastly different samples; (c) providing some important insights about consensus between raters and self-other agreement; (d) offering some practical guidelines regarding how to apply MSF to other cultures more effectively.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Lindsey, Matthew Douglas

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pavur, Robert J.
• Farris, M. Theodore
• Kulkarni, Shailesh
• Kuo, Ching-Chung

• slow-moving inventory
• multisource feedback
• national culture
• self-other agreement
• demand rate prediction intervals
• Inventory control -- Mathematical models.
• Supply and demand -- Mathematical models.
• intermittent demand

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Lindsey, Matthew Douglas
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 191954705
untcat: b3362917
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