Supplier performance in the public healthcare: internal social capital, logistics capabilities and supply chain risk management capabilities as antecedents in a developing economy
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Date
2021
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Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it intends to explore the link between internal social
capital, logistics capabilities, supply chain risk management (SCRM) capabilities and supplier performance.
Second, the mediating effect of logistics capabilities between internal social capital and SCRM capabilities, and
that of SCRM capabilities between logistics capabilities and supplier performance are also examined.
Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical model developed from the extant literature was empirically
validated through a cross-sectional survey of 122 respondents in 52 public healthcare facilities in Uganda. The
data were analysed using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).
Findings – The study found that internal social capital and SCRM capabilities are significant predictors of
supplier performance. Internal social capital is positively and significantly related to logistics capabilities, and
logistics capabilities are positively and significantly related to SCRM capabilities. The authors also found nonsignificant
relationships between internal social capital and SCRM capabilities, and between logistics
capabilities and supplier performance. Furthermore, it was revealed that logistics capabilities play a partial
mediating role in the relationship between internal social capital and SCRM capabilities, while SCRM
capabilities fully mediate between logistics capabilities and supplier performance.
Originality/value – Further to providing empirical evidence of the antecedents of supplier performance in the
public healthcare in a developing economy, which has been evidently scant, this study provides initial
empirical evidence of the mediating role of logistics capabilities in the relationship between internal social
capital and SCRM capabilities and that of SCRM capabilities in the relationship between logistics capabilities
and supplier performance. This is important for understanding the mechanism through which supplier
performance can be enhanced.
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Supplier performance, Logistics capabilities, Internal social capital, Supply chain risk management capabilities, Healthcare
Citation
Tukamuhabwa, B., Mutebi, H., & Isabirye, D. (2021). Supplier performance in the public healthcare: Internal social capital, logistics capabilities and supply chain risk management capabilities as antecedents in a developing economy. Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development, 3(1), 50-68. DOI 10.1108/JBSED-04-2021-0046