Ostroff (2004) argue that the greater the alignment of the principles and policies governing an HR system, the more consistent
the signals will be and therefore, the stronger the resulting situation or climate is likely to be. The strength of an HR system has
been shown to be positively related to intended performance outcomes (Becker & Gerhart, 1996; Lepak et al., 2004). A supply chain
orientation is, in essence, a work climate that is created both within and across the firms that are members of the supply chain.