Debiasing the supplier selection decision: a taxonomy and conceptualization

Purpose – The authors perform a large‐scale review of debiasing literature with the purpose of deriving a mutually exclusive and exhaustive debiasing taxonomy. This taxonomy is used to conceptualize debiasing activities in the supplier selection process. For each supplier selection‐debiasing construct, scale items are proposed.Design/methodology/approach – A systematic classification approach was used to build a debiasing taxonomy, combined with a Q‐methodology.Findings – Based on the developed and externally validated debiasing taxonomy, five debiasing activities for the supplier selection context are derived. The conceptual investigation of these supplier selection‐oriented debiasing measures helps both researchers and supply managers to gain a better understanding of debiasing mechanisms and to effectively further improve the supplier selection process by integrating behavioral aspects.Originality/value – This research extends the taxonomy of decision biases developed by Carter, Kaufmann, and Michel, b...