Multidisciplinary Approach to Supply Chain Resilience: Conceptualization and Scale Development

Aziz Barhmi and Omar Hajaji

Central European Business Review, 2023, vol. 2023, issue 5, 43-69

Abstract: This research aims, through a multi-perspective and multi-disciplinary approach, to identify the key dimensions as well as the scale of measurement of enterprise supply chain resilience for an in-depth understanding of the concept. This is among the first empirical studies examining the key dimensions and appropriate measurement scale of enterprise supply chain resilience to address disruptions induced by unavoidable risk events. A detailed literature review is conducted to identify the dimensions of the construct under study. Then, a measurement instrument is developed from a set of items. The questionnaire is purified through a pretest, a pilot test, and reliability and validity tests. Data are collected from a final sample of 150 senior and middle managers, whose responses are considered for confirmatory factor analysis using SPSS Amos 22. The research results show that the enterprise supply chain resilience construct is composed of seven distinct dimensions, including collaboration, alertness, preparedness, visibility, robustness, flexibility and velocity. Then, a measurement instrument containing measurement items for each of said dimensions is empirically validated. This research develops and validates a structured and comprehensive measurement scale for the concept under study while identifying measurement items that can guide further theoretical testing of this concept and thereby dilute the dimensional and measurement confusions surrounding this theoretical concept. Implications for Central European audience: This research develops and validates a structured and comprehensive measurement scale for the concept of firm supply chain resilience while identifying measurement items that can guide subsequent theoretical testing and thus dilute the dimensional and measurement confusions surrounding this theoretical concept.

Keywords: firm; supply chain; resilience; dimensions; scale measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 M11 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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