Improving reverse supply chain performance: The role of supply chain leadership and governance mechanisms

Mokhtar, Ahmad Rais Mohamad, Genovese, Andrea, Brint, Andrew and Kumar, Niraj ORCID: 0000-0002-7918-5188 (2019) Improving reverse supply chain performance: The role of supply chain leadership and governance mechanisms. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 216. pp. 42-55.

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Abstract

Recently, a growing interest has been devoted to the role of buying firms in promoting sustainability across supply chains. However, relatively little attention has been given to how the behaviour of a buying firm affects the performance of reverse supply chains. Within this context, this paper investigates the role of Supply Chain Leadership styles on suppliers’ performance dimensions related to reverse product flows. Furthermore, the mediating role of two governance mechanisms (namely trust and legal-legitimate power) on this relationship is examined. This study employs structural equation modelling to analyse data collected from 190 manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The paper concludes that transformational and transactional leaderships are significant and positive contributors to suppliers’ reverse supply chain performance; trust and power significantly mediate these relationships.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Supply chain leadership, Governance mechanisms, Suppliers' performance, Buyer-supplier relationship, Reverse supply chains
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2019 09:28
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 01:07
DOI:	10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.045
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3030962