The impact of transformational leadership on supplier relational stability: The moderating role of automation and globalization
研究了买方企业的变革型领导如何影响供应商关系稳定性，并发现自动化和全球化会削弱这种积极作用，基于德国中小企业调查数据。
Abstract Stable relationships with suppliers have been portrayed in the literature as having several economic and sustainability benefits. However, while a buyer firm's transformational leadership can be theorized to improve stable supplier relations, recent global business trends such as automation and globalization may endanger this stability. In this study, we therefore analyze the relationship between a buyer firm's transformational leadership and supplier relational stability and examine whether it is moderated by the buyer firm being affected by automation and globalization. We test our assumptions using data from a survey of German Mittelstand firms and confirm the moderating roles of automation and globalization. Our study therefore provides an updated and more nuanced understanding of how transformational leadership can affect supplier relational stability. Our findings also provide indications of how sustainable supplier relations can be achieved.