Effect of the attitude of employees and senior managers on the sustainability and performance of the supply chain

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Fatemeh Hazrati ¹ , Mostafa Hashemi Tilehnouei ^{2 *}

1 - Master’s Student, Department of Business Administration, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Management, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2024-10-20 Accepted : 2025-05-10 Published : 2025-05-05

Keywords: Attitude of employees, attitude of senior managers, supply chain sustainability, supply chain performance,

Abstract :

 

The current research aims to influence the attitude of employees and senior managers on the sustainability and performance of the supply chain. The approach of this research is quantitative and its purpose is practical and it has used structural equations for data analysis. The statistical population of this research includes all managers and effective employees of foreign trade of companies distributing livestock inputs, which includes three board members for each company and effective employees of these companies in the field of foreign trade (4 employees for each company). Considering that 100 companies in Iran operate in this field, the statistical population of this research is 700 people, the sampling method of this research is random sampling. Finally, using Cochran's formula, at least 248 members of the board of directors for each company and effective employees of these companies in the field of foreign trade of companies distributing livestock inputs were selected to conduct the research. The questionnaire of this research consists of four dimensions: employees' attitudes, senior managers' attitudes, supply chain sustainability and supply chain performance. The hypotheses of this research were tested using the structural equation modeling method based on the partial least squares method and Smart PLS version 3 software was used to analyze the data. The results show that the attitude of employees has an impact on the sustainability and performance of the supply chain. It was also found that the attitude of senior managers affects the stability and performance of the supply chain.

 

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