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Governance pressures and performance outcomes of sustainable supply chain management – An empirical analysis of UK manufacturing industry
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posted on 2019-06-17, 10:28 authored by Ali Esfahbodi, Yufeng Zhang, Glyn Watson, Tao ZhangTao ZhangAlthough sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has recently received increasing attention among UK manufacturing firms, there is a concern as to whether SSCM practices are being implemented because they are profitable or only because of governance coercive pressure. Thus, the aims of this paper are twofold: first, determining the role of governance in the adoption of SSCM practices; second, investigating whether SSCM practices can be both environmentally beneficial and commercially viable. In light of these issues, this paper develops and empirically assesses an integrated model of governance pressures-SSCM practices-performance. Data was collected from 146 UK manufacturing managers, and analysed using the structural equation modelling method. Exogenous driving forces of governance were found to be precursors to the successful implementation of SSCM practices. The empirical results further suggest that while the implementation of sustainable supply chain management has a positive effect on environmental performance, it does not necessarily lead to improved economic performance, as only sustainable procurement was found to have a positive effect on economic performance. This paper contributes to the literature by highlighting the role of governance in SSCM adoption and performance gains in environmental protection while economic performance is partially compromised. The results also provide useful insights for both managers seeking to adopt sustainable practices and policy-makers seeking to further promote sustainable supply chain.
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- Loughborough University London
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Journal of Cleaner ProductionVolume
155Pages
66 - 78Citation
ESFAHBODI, A. ... et al, 2016. Governance pressures and performance outcomes of sustainable supply chain management – An empirical analysis of UK manufacturing industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 155 (Part 2), pp.66-78.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-07-18Publication date
2016-07-21Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Cleaner Production and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.098.ISSN
0959-6526Publisher version
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