Handbook of Management Scales/Formal control

Description
The authors consider two forms of control, namely formal control and social control.

Items

 * Detailed contract is the most important way to guarantee cooperation success.
 * The contract is useful to regulate the behavior of partner.
 * In the process of cooperation, we use ﬁnancial and market indices to evaluate cooperation success.
 * Detailed cooperative rules have been written in the contract.
 * Both partners know the cooperative procedures.

Source

 * Li et al. (2008): Transformational offshore outsourcing: Empirical evidence from alliances in China. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 257-274.

Related Scales

 * Social control