How Individuals Influence Supply Chain Management Performance?

Supply chain management has been an important field in business operations. Due to the popularity of electronic commerce and mobile commerce, the supply chain field has been evolved to another level. Higher level of automation and use of computerized software have been deployed. Human intervention still cannot be avoided. Rather, human interactions play an important role streamlining the supply chain processes. Both individual and group human performances thus draw much attentions in the success of supply chain applications. However, little is known about the individual’s contribution to the performance in the field. This study aims to understand the individuals’ performance based on their individual personality traits. Attribute selection methods are used to identify the key personality traits in the Big Five Model.