Handbook of Management Scales/Asset specificity

Asset specificity (alpha = 0.71)

Items

• My company has modified its applications to the specific needs of its employees.
• My company has an IT infrastructure that is uniquely tailored to the firm.
• My company needs a lot of time before employees are trained so that they can use the new applications.

Source

• Verwaal et al. (2009): Value Creation and Value Claiming in Strategic Outsourcing Decisions: A Resource Contingency Perspective. Journal of Management, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 420-444.

Related Scales

• Specific assets
• Switching costs