THE ROLE OF TRANSFORMATION LEADERSHIP IN ENHANCING CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY CAPABILITIES AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

摘要

The present study aims to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on sustainable supply chain management performance through developing sustainability capabilities. The data were collected from 653 managers of Thai SMEs and analyzed by applying the PLS-SEM approach. The results highlighted that transformational leadership has a positive impact on developing organizational sustainability capabilities. Further, organizational sustainability capabilities enhance organizational sustainable supply chain management performance. Moreover, the study provides empirical support for the full mediation of sustainability capabilities between the relationship of transformational leadership and sustainable supply chain management performance. Finally, the study contains managerial implications and suggestions for future research.