The paper uniquely investigates the relationship between supply chain social sustainability practices and supply chain performance in small and medium manufacturing enterprises (SME's) in an Asian country. In this paper, we utilized semi-structured interviews of supply chain managers and practitioners to unearth the social sustainability dimensions, followed by a survey using structured questionnaire. We further tested our model using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CBSEM) using 327 samples from SME's. The results suggest a positive relationship between social sustainability practices and supply chain performance that is mediated by customer, supplier, and operational performance. Additionally, the role of firm size and investment in determining supplier performance (SP), operational performance (OP), and customer performance (CP), and supply chain performance (SCP) is established. We present an empirical model for supply chain social sustainability grounded in stakeholder's resource-based view for SME's in emerging economy setting. This study provides original evidence to SME's managers that tangible performance benefits can be realized by focusing on increasing supply chain social sustainability, supporting the case for social sustainability on economic as well as ethical grounds. The outcomes of this research have far-reaching implications for theory and practitioners (SME's) in emerging economies.

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中小型制造企业和企业绩效中的供应链社会可持续性：来自新兴亚洲经济体的实证证据

该论文独特地调查了亚洲国家中小型制造企业 (SME) 的供应链社会可持续性实践与供应链绩效之间的关系。在本文中，我们利用对供应链经理和从业者的半结构化访谈来挖掘社会可持续性维度，然后使用结构化问卷进行调查。我们使用来自 SME 的 327 个样本，使用基于协方差的结构方程建模 (CBSEM) 进一步测试了我们的模型。结果表明，社会可持续性实践与供应链绩效之间存在正相关关系，这种关系以客户、供应商和运营绩效为中介。此外，公司规模和投资在决定供应商绩效 (SP)、运营绩效 (OP)、和客户绩效（CP），以及供应链绩效（SCP）。我们提出了一个基于利益相关者对新兴经济体中中小企业的资源基础观点的供应链社会可持续性经验模型。本研究为中小企业管理者提供了原始证据，表明通过关注提高供应链社会可持续性，支持基于经济和道德理由的社会可持续性案例，可以实现切实的绩效收益。这项研究的结果对新兴经济体的理论和实践者 (SME) 具有深远的影响。本研究为中小企业管理者提供了原始证据，表明通过专注于提高供应链社会可持续性，支持基于经济和道德理由的社会可持续性案例，可以实现切实的绩效收益。这项研究的结果对新兴经济体的理论和实践者 (SME) 具有深远的影响。本研究为中小企业管理者提供了原始证据，表明通过专注于提高供应链社会可持续性，支持基于经济和道德理由的社会可持续性案例，可以实现切实的绩效收益。这项研究的结果对新兴经济体的理论和实践者 (SME) 具有深远的影响。