TY - JOUR
T1 - Manager competences in logistics and supply chain practice
AU - Derwik, Pernilla
AU - Hellström, Daniel
AU - Hall Karlsson, Stefan
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In the 30 years since its inception, the field, profession, and practice of logistics and supply chain management have undergone profound business transformation. This study uses shadowing and practice theory to explore the nature of manager competence in logistics and supply chain management. The results suggest that logistics and supply chain managers use business managerial, generic, and behavioral competences in practice rather than supply chain management expertise. Although the existing literature depicts competences as discrete and factor-based, the findings further reveal how managers use combinations of competences that create synergistic effects. The findings imply that the level of competence in practice extends beyond the sum of individual competences. In particular, company experience is a distinct key competence that managers constantly use in combination with other competences, and thereby has a significant effect on manager competences. The results produce four propositions for future research.
AB - In the 30 years since its inception, the field, profession, and practice of logistics and supply chain management have undergone profound business transformation. This study uses shadowing and practice theory to explore the nature of manager competence in logistics and supply chain management. The results suggest that logistics and supply chain managers use business managerial, generic, and behavioral competences in practice rather than supply chain management expertise. Although the existing literature depicts competences as discrete and factor-based, the findings further reveal how managers use combinations of competences that create synergistic effects. The findings imply that the level of competence in practice extends beyond the sum of individual competences. In particular, company experience is a distinct key competence that managers constantly use in combination with other competences, and thereby has a significant effect on manager competences. The results produce four propositions for future research.
KW - Manager competence; supply chain management; logistics management; managerial work; practice theory
KW - supply chain management
KW - logistics management
KW - managerial work
KW - practice theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84971280495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.037
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.037
M3 - Article
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 69
SP - 4820
EP - 4825
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
IS - 11
ER -