Understanding supplier sustainability performance: the role of dependence and relational capital

Akın Ateş, Melek and Güleryüz, Atakan and Güleryüz, İrem and Arslan, Ataberk (2019) Understanding supplier sustainability performance: the role of dependence and relational capital. METU Studies in Development, 46 (2). pp. 97-127. ISSN 1010-9935

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Abstract

With increasing stakeholder pressure to improve sustainability performance, firms focus on understanding how buyer-supplier relationship characteristics play a role in encouraging or jeopardizing supplier sustainability efforts. In this study, we examine how buyer-supplier dependence and relational capital affect the environmental and social performance of suppliers. We adopt an embedded, multiple-case study design, and examine five large buying firms in Turkey and their multiple suppliers at the dyadic level. Our findings suggest that there is a complex interplay between dependence and relational capital, illustrating both complementary and conflicting roles on supplier sustainability performance. We develop propositions to be tested in future studies.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Dependence, relational capital, supplier sustainability performance
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Sabancı Business School
Sabancı Business School > Operations Management and Information Systems
Depositing User: Melek Akın Ateş
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2020 09:32
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2020 09:32
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/40267

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