Dissertation defence (Supply Chain Management): KTM, VTK Oskari Rintala
Time
13.1.2023 at 12.00 - 16.00
KTM, VTK Oskari Rintala defends his dissertation in Supply Chain Management entitled ”The Role of Social Agency in Supply Chain Management Decision-Making” at the University of Turku on 13. January, 2023 at 12. (Turku School of Economics, LähiTapiola Hall, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, Turku). The audience can also participate in the defence by remote access: https://utu.zoom.us/j/62543721038
Opponent: Associate professor Katri Kauppi (Aalto University)
Custos: Professor Juuso Töyli (University of Turku)
Digital copy of the thesis at UTUPub: https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-9105-1 (copy the link to the browser)
Summary of the Thesis:
Of the Role of Human Psychology in Supply Chain Management
Researchers in the field of supply chain management have recently directed their attention at the role of human behavior in business within and between organizations. Behavioral supply chain management, particularly, has focused on why and how decision-makers within supply chains make the decisions they do. The dissertation contributes by, first, identifying the psychological characteristics of individual decision-makers relevant to the decision-making and, then, proposing how the decision-making may be enhanced. Accordingly, the link between individual psychology and outcomes of decision-making (e.g., organizational processes, structure, and performance) are studied with theories on individual decision-making and organizational behavior, as well as methods of both qualitative and quantitative nature.
The dissertation puts emphasis on the role of individual decision-makers in organizations, supply chains, and the overall economic system. The individual decision-maker is viewed from a social cognitive perspective as a social agent that both influences their social environment through their actions and are influenced by it. This view is elaborated in four distinct studies regarding the topics of logistics outsourcing, organizational performance, and supply relationships. After the results, individual characteristics like identities, values, attitudes, and norms are connected to outcomes of organizational decisions. In other words, the way decision-makers view the world is an essential driver of supply chain management decision-making. The results provide support to a view of the decision-maker as a subjectively rational actor whose behavior follows heterogeneous motives not always in line with organizational goals.
Opponent: Associate professor Katri Kauppi (Aalto University)
Custos: Professor Juuso Töyli (University of Turku)
Digital copy of the thesis at UTUPub: https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-9105-1 (copy the link to the browser)
Summary of the Thesis:
Of the Role of Human Psychology in Supply Chain Management
Researchers in the field of supply chain management have recently directed their attention at the role of human behavior in business within and between organizations. Behavioral supply chain management, particularly, has focused on why and how decision-makers within supply chains make the decisions they do. The dissertation contributes by, first, identifying the psychological characteristics of individual decision-makers relevant to the decision-making and, then, proposing how the decision-making may be enhanced. Accordingly, the link between individual psychology and outcomes of decision-making (e.g., organizational processes, structure, and performance) are studied with theories on individual decision-making and organizational behavior, as well as methods of both qualitative and quantitative nature.
The dissertation puts emphasis on the role of individual decision-makers in organizations, supply chains, and the overall economic system. The individual decision-maker is viewed from a social cognitive perspective as a social agent that both influences their social environment through their actions and are influenced by it. This view is elaborated in four distinct studies regarding the topics of logistics outsourcing, organizational performance, and supply relationships. After the results, individual characteristics like identities, values, attitudes, and norms are connected to outcomes of organizational decisions. In other words, the way decision-makers view the world is an essential driver of supply chain management decision-making. The results provide support to a view of the decision-maker as a subjectively rational actor whose behavior follows heterogeneous motives not always in line with organizational goals.
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