Show simple item record

dc.contributor.advisorPhiri, Maxwell Agabu.
dc.creatorNsowah, Johnson.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-18T10:44:34Z
dc.date.available2023-09-18T10:44:34Z
dc.date.created2022
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/handle/10413/22280
dc.descriptionDoctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated whether the design and application of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices in the Ghanaian manufacturing business enhance their financial performance and make them environmentally and socially responsible. The study was guided by six theories: the contingency theory, the resource-based view (RBV), the relational-view theory (RVT), the innovation diffusion theory (IDV), the stakeholder theory and the resource dependence theory (RDT). The study was underpinned by a pragmatist paradigm and followed a mixed-methods methodology, which combined interviews and surveys questionnaires to gather qualitative and quantitative data from a sample of 303 employees of Ghanaian manufacturing firms and 20 individuals who lived nearby. The data analysis findings revealed that relational, instrumental, knowledge and moral factors have a significant and positive direct effect on SSCM practices. Moreover, SSCM practices have a positive and significant effect on the economic, environmental and social performance of manufacturing firms. Barriers to the adoption of SSCM practices were also revealed. The findings led to the recommendation that firms need to use environmentally friendly materials for their products and introduce standardized procedures for recycling and disassembling products. In addition, manufacturing enterprises should collaborate with suppliers to ensure that they also adhere to sustainability standards in their processes and deliver services/products that support sustainability goals.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.otherSustainable supply chain management.en_US
dc.subject.otherSupply chain performance.en_US
dc.subject.otherSupply-side sustainability collaboration.en_US
dc.subject.otherDemand-side sustainability collaboration.en_US
dc.titleThe assessment of sustainable supply chain management practices amongst selected manufacturing firms in Ghana.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record