Doctoral thesis summary "The impacts of supply chain social sustainability on supply chain performance, mediating role of supply chain integration the case of Vietnam" Identifies the relationship between supply chain social sustainability and supply chain performance, mediating role of supply chain integration; examines the impact of social sustainability on three dimensions of supply chain integration: internal, customer, and supplier; identifies the influence of supply chain integration on customer performance, supplier performance, and supply chain performance. | i MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH - DUONG NGOC HONG THE IMPACTS OF SUPPLY CHAIN SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY ON SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE MEDIATING ROLE OF SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION THE CASE OF VIETNAM Major Business Administration Code 9340101 SUMMARY OF DISSERTATION Academic Advisors 1. Professor. Nguyen Dong Phong 2. Associate Professor. Bui Thanh Trang Ho Chi Minh City 2022 ii The Thesis was completed in . . . . Scientific guide . . . . Reviewer 1 . Reviewer 2 . Reviewer 3 . The thesis will be protected by the Board of Review in . . . At . The thesis can be found at the library . . . . . 1 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Research gap While attention to social sustainability practices has been increasing over the globe recently many researchers point out that there are limited studies on the Asian context in this domain Gugler and Shi 2009 . Many focal companies are located in developing countries particularly in Asia. Social issues in the supply chain are considered one of the most discussed topics in these countries however managers did not pay much attention to understanding and addressing these issues. Furthermore applying social standards to measure environmental financial and social performance is hardly practiced especially in supply chains Torugsa O Donohue amp Hecker 2013 Hutchins and Sutherland 2008 . Also social manners are complex and diverse based on a particular country s social development. Therefore many scholars suggest that this domain needs further research to explore and identify these issues. As a result this study has been conducted for various reasons. Firstly as mentioned above our research recognizes the necessity for further study about the impacts of supply chain social sustainability on supply chain performance with the mediating role of supply chain integration particularly in developing economies. Recently as a responsible member of the United Nations Vietnam has been actively developing and implementing .
