Jon F. Kirchoff, East Carolina University

Ying Liao, East Carolina University

Shingirai Chris Kwaramba, Virginia Commonwealth University

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.

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Potential topics

• Behavioral supply chain risk management
• Decision-making biases in supply chain contexts
• Risk identification and assessment
• Risk mitigation strategies
• Individual risk preferences and decision styles
• Organizational risk culture and appetite
• Inter-organizational power dynamics and dependencies
• Micro-level behavioral dynamics
• Macro-level organizational decision-making
• Inter-organizational supply chain networks
• Information manipulation and risk signaling
• Inter-firm risk-sharing mechanisms
• Behavioral resilience and recovery
• AI and human decision-making in risk management
• Cyber risk management behavior
• Social conflict risks in supply chains
• Supplier-buyer relationship dynamics
• Technology adoption and behavioral change
• Bounded rationality in supply chains
• Trust and opportunism in supply networks

Timeline

• March 15, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• April 15, 2026: Closing date for abstract submission
• November 15, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission