The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of tripartite social capital (bonding, bridging and linking) on managers’ resilience building and to examine the underlying mechanism through which these relationships exist. | Does the tripartite social capital predict resilience of supply chain managers through commitment Uncertain Supply Chain Management 7 2019 399 416 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Uncertain Supply Chain Management homepage uscm Does the tripartite social capital predict resilience of supply chain managers through commitment Isyaku Salisua Norashidah Hashimb Rahida Aini Mohd Ismailc and Aliyu Hamza Galadanchid a Department of Business Administration Umaru Musa Yar adua University Katsina UMYUK Katsina State Nigeria bSchool of Business Management Universiti Utara Malaysia UUM Sintok Malaysia cSchool of Government Universiti Utara Malaysia UUM Sintok Malaysia dBursary Department Ulul Albab Science Secondary School Katsina Katsina State Nigeria CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history Studies on supply chain resilience have been well documented but most of these studies were Received October 12 2018 conducted at organizational level and hence the role of facilitating managers in the supply chain Accepted December 20 2018 is conspicuously neglected. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of tripartite social Available online capital bonding bridging and linking on managers resilience building and to examine the December 20 2018 Keywords underlying mechanism through which these relationships exist. Data were collected through self- Bonding administered questionnaire from 452 supply chain managers in Nigeria a country that has been Bridging rocked by series of environmental turbulences. The measurement and structural models were Linking assessed by Partial Lease Square Structural Equation Modelling PLS-SEM using SMART-PLS Managers commitment 3 software. The findings suggest that linking social capital influenced manager s resilience but Resilience bonding and bridging did not. Bonding bridging and linking influence manager s commitment. Supply Chain Additionally manager s commitment mediated the relationship between tripartite .
