Supply chain risk management traditionally assumes decision-makers are rational and risk-neutral, but practitioners operate under bounded rationality and cognitive biases, deviating from optimal choices when facing uncertainty. These behavioral deviations affect risk identification, assessment, and mitigation, yet existing theories fail to account for them, resulting in suboptimal strategies and reduced organizational efficiency.
Current behavioral SCRM research focuses primarily on individual factors with limited exploration of how organizational and inter-organizational contexts shape behavior. This special issue examines behavioral issues across multiple analytical levels: individuals, organizations, and supply chain networks. The editors seek research that identifies limitations in existing theories or introduces innovative frameworks addressing SCRM complexities through interdisciplinary perspectives from psychology, organizational studies, and decision-making research.