Moderating effect of internal integration on the relationship of purchase social responsibility, organizational learning, and purchase performance: A study on the food industry

• Published date: 01 May 2020
• Author: Ismail Suardi Wekke,Direk Deeprasert,Antomi Saregar
• Date: 01 May 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/wfp2.12014

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wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/wfp2 World Food Policy. 2020;6:78–90.

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DOI: 10.1002/wfp2.12014

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Moderating effect of internal integration on the

relationship of purchase social responsibility,

organizational learning, and purchase performance:

A study on the food industry

Ismail SuardiWekke1

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DirekDeeprasert2

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AntomiSaregar3

1Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri

(STAIN) Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia

2Command and General Staff College,

Bangkok, Thailand

3Faculty Teacher and Training, Universitas

Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung,

Bandar Lampung, Indonesia

Correspondence

Antomi Saregar, Faculty Teacher and

Training, Universitas Islam Negeri

Raden Intan Lampung, Bandar Lampung,

Indonesia.

Email: antomisaregar@radenintan.ac.id

Abstract

The objective of the current study is to investigate whether

internal integration (II) is significantly moderated purchase

social responsibility (PSR), organizational learning (OL),

and purchasing performance (PP) in the Indonesian food

industry. To this end, data from 290 supply chain (SC)

managers working in the Indonesian food industry were

collected by using a simple random sampling technique,

which yielded a 93.54% response rate. To analyze the re-

sults, Smart PLS 3 software and structural equation mod-

eling (SEM) was employed. The SEM findings showed a

positive and significant association of PSR and OL with PP.

Furthermore, II did not have a moderating effect in relation

to PSR, OL, and PP. The findings suggest that PSR adop-

tion could affect operations for both buyers and suppliers.

Furthermore, organizations should realize the effect of PSR

practices besides the effect of purchasing practices on PP.

This study contributes a body of knowledge in the way of

empirical findings. Research limitations and future direc-

tions are also formulated.

KEYWORDS

food industry, internal integration, organizational learning,

purchasing performance, purchasing social responsibility