THE EFFECT OF SUPPLY CHAIN AGILITY ON HUMAN LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE: MEDIATING EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP

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2023
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KNUST
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The aim was to investigate the effect of supply chain agility on humanitarian logistics performance: mediating effect of leadership. The specific objectives the study sought to achieve includes; to investigate the effect of supply chain agility on human logistics performance; to investigate the effect of leadership on human logistics performance and to investigate the mediating effect of leadership between supply chain agility and human logistics performance. A cross-sectional quantitative research approach was employed on a sample of two-hundred (200) respondents who were randomly selected. Questionnaire was employed using structured closed-ended 7-point Likert Scale. Descriptive statistics, such mean score, standard deviation, correlation, Multiple regression and Process Macro method were employed for interpretation. The study finding revealed that supply chain agility had direct significant effect on human logistics performance. The study revealed that leadership had direct significant relationship with human logistics performance. Leadership has full mediation effect on link between supply chain agility and human logistics performance. The study recommends that the firms should holistically developed supply chain agility framework that will serve as guideline upon which the firms and its actors along the supply chain can use in their humanitarian support activities to disaster victims. The implication is that it will help the firms to be successful in navigating change which will lead to effective preparedness and adopt to the new normal of quickly supporting disaster victims.
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A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Business, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT)
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