Supplier development and public procurement performance: does contract management difficulty matter?
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Date
2022
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The Cogent OA.
Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance in the public sector. Furthermore, the paper examines the moderating role of contract management difficulty on the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance. Using crosssectional data collected from 179 public procuring entities, the main findings of the study are two-fold. Firstly, the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance in public sector is positive and significant (β = 0.2343 and p = 0.0014). Also, contract management difficulty negatively and significantly moderates the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance (β = −0.1447 and p = 0.0190). In this aspect, the influence of supplier development on procurement performance is negatively affected by contract management difficulties. The study contributes to the supplier management, procurement performance, and contract management literature by providing empirical evidence on the role of supplier development on procurement performance in developing countries like Tanzania. Also, the conditional effects of contract management difficulty on the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance matter. The study’s findings have important implications for procurement practitioners in the public sector and policy makers.
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Full - text Article. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2022.2108224
Keywords
Suppliers, Supplier development, Procurement, Public procurement, Procurement performance, Contract management difficulty
Citation
Changalima, I. A., Mchopa, A. D., & Ismail, I. J. (2022). Supplier development and public procurement performance: does contract management difficulty matter?. Cogent Business & Management, 9(1), 2108224.