Uniting partners to cope with environmental uncertainty: Disentangling the role of social capital in developing supply chain agility

DOI码：

10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100822

发表刊物：

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

项目来源：

"2020AAA0103804 72102116 71971202"

关键字：

Social capital, Supply chain agility, Environmental uncertainty

摘要：

Based on social capital theory, in this study, we investigate how a firm utilized social capital to coordinate partners in the achievement of supply chain agility under different levels of environmental uncertainty. We test the proposed hypotheses via a hierarchical regression analysis using questionnaire survey data collected from 190 firms in China. The empirical results show that cognitive, relational, and structural capital positively influence supply chain agility. Furthermore, environmental uncertainty positively moderates the positive relationship between relational capital and supply chain agility, whereas environmental uncertainty negatively moderates the positive roles of cognitive and structural capital. The findings suggest managers should adopt different strategies when leveraging social capital according to the business environment. In unpredictable and volatile business environments, managers should motivate their firms to embrace relational capital to obtain sufficient resources for achieving supply chain agility.

备注：

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2020AAA0103804) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC: 72102116 and 71971202).

合写作者：

Zhang, Liangqing, Pu, Xiaodie, Cai, Zhao, Liu, Hefu, & Liang, Liang

ISSN号：

1478-4092

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否

发表时间：

2023-01-01

发布期刊链接：

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100822