Competencies of high-performance logistics professionals in emerging economies

This study sought to indicate the attributes that reflect the best performance and value of logistics professionals in emerging countries. The authors used the concept of individual competencies and the business-logistics-management model of skills and knowledge from Murphy and Poist (1991a) as a basis for building the framework. Data collection was conducted via a survey of logistics professionals in Brazil, and data analysis was done using structural equation modelling. Results indicated a positive relationship between education, skills, knowledge in management, logistics, performance, and value of the professional in the organisation. In contrast, the relationships between experience, skills, knowledge in business, performance, and value were not found to be significant per the statistical model. The merit of this research is primarily based on the use of a well-established theoretical concept of competency applied to define in practice which sort of logistics professionals have good performance and value in today's demanding market.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSM.2018.096086
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Vilela, Bruno De Almeida
  • Martins, Ricardo S
  • Siegler, Janaína
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 506-530
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1742-7967
  • EISSN: 1742-7945
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijlsm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Developing countries; Logistics; Management; Structural equation modeling
• Uncontrolled Terms: Competencies; Emerging economies
• Geographic Terms: Brazil
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01687120
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 27 2018 4:37PM