Maritime Green Supply Chain Management (MGSCM): An Examination Of Antecedent And Outcome Variables
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Date
2014
Authors
Ahmad Jasmi, Muhamad Fairuz
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
As awareness and consciousness regarding the negative ecological impacts that maritime industry brings to the environment increases, more organizations in maritime around the globe have motivated in establishing sustainable operations including Malaysia’s maritime sectors. Maritime green supply chain management (MGSCM) is a significant movement and interest towards sustainability adoption in many maritime industries around the world and requires major commitment and integration among stakeholders. Similarly, MGSCM has established increasing implementation among service industries especially the Malaysia’s maritime sectors. Recognizing the impeccable importance of integrating the MGSCM in maritime supply chain, the maritime industries have to be persuaded that practicing MGSCM would endow with various benefits on their operation in sustainable business performance. Consequently, this study is important in which it attempted to examine the relationship between antecedent’s variables and MGSCM practice as well as the outcomes of sustainable business performance in Malaysia’s maritime supply chain. An online survey was administrated to various maritime supply chain companies in Malaysia. 144 sets of questionnaires were analysed through structural equation modelling (SEM) with Smart PLS and IBMSPSS. The findings have also confirmed that from the maritime supply chain perspective, MGSCM practices facilitate sustainable business performance. Analytical results also demonstrated the antecedent variables become an important driver towards maritime green supply chain management. To a certain extent, the findings of study validate the robustness of theoretical model of MGSCM’s antecedent variables based on Institutional Theory. Nevertheless, this study also presents practical suggestion for practitioners which highlighted a need to emerge green elements in the maritime supply chain in the future. Further research should be carried out to investigate the impact of MGSCM by identifying other elements of antecedent variables and green practices as well as extended to different types of organizations.
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Negative ecological impacts that maritime industry , brings to the environment increases