{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,31]],"date-time":"2022-03-31T07:22:54Z","timestamp":1648711374354},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Informing Science Institute","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,1]],"date-time":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1483228800000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["InformingSciJ"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Aim\/Purpose: To develop and introduce a questionnaire that investigates the informing needs, information-seeking behavior, and supplier selection of procurement officers in Israel. The questionnaire\u2019s internal consistency reliability is given. Additionally, we describe the demographic description of the procurement officers in Israel.\n\nBackground: Procurement science is an important field that affects firms\u2019 profits in the private sector and is significant to growth, innovation, sustainability, and welfare in the public sector. There is little research about the informing needs of procurement officers in general and particularly in Israel.  \n\nMethodology: A quantitative questionnaire that is sent to all the procurement officers in Israel\u2019s procuring association. \n\nContribution: The questionnaire that is developed in this paper may be used by other researchers and practitioners to evaluate the information needs of procurement officers. \n\nFindings: The typical procurement officer is male, with a bachelor degree and is digitally proficient.\n\nRecommendations for Practitioners: The procuring side can use the questionnaire to develop better tools for obtaining information efficiently. The supplying side can use this knowledge to improve its exposure to potential customers and address its customer\u2019s needs better.\n\nRecommendation for Researchers: The questionnaire can address theoretical questions such as how digital literacy affects the procuring process and provide empirical findings about active research areas such as supplier selection and information-seeking behavior.\n\nFuture Research: Future research will examine the relationship between the various variables and demographic features to understand why specific information needs and information-seeking behaviors arise.\n\n<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.28945\/3765","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,25]],"date-time":"2017-10-25T17:58:20Z","timestamp":1508954300000},"page":"149-165","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Informing Needs of Procurement Officers in Israel"],"prefix":"10.28945","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Dan","family":"Bouhnik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Bar Ilan University, Lev Academic Center"}]},{"given":"Yahel","family":"Giat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jerusalem College of Technology"}]},{"given":"Issachar","family":"Zarruk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bar Ilan University"}]}],"member":"11490","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017]]},"container-title":["Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.inform.nu\/Articles\/Vol20\/ISJv20p149-165Bouhnik3515.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/www.inform.nu\/Articles\/Vol20\/ISJv20p149-165Bouhnik3515.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"},{"URL":"http:\/\/www.inform.nu\/Articles\/Vol20\/ISJv20p149-165Bouhnik3515.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,11]],"date-time":"2020-08-11T18:38:58Z","timestamp":1597171138000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.informingscience.org\/Publications\/3765"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017]]},"references-count":0,"alternative-id":["3765"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.28945\/3765","relation":{},"ISSN":["1547-9684","1521-4672"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1547-9684","type":"print"},{"value":"1521-4672","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017]]}}}