Strategic Human Resource Management and Supply Chain Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review

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ABSTRACTCOVID-19, the blockage of the Suez Canal, geopolitical warfare and U.S.-China tradedisputes are just a few of the many cases that have surfaced in recent years and led todisruptions in global supply chains, placing supply chain resilience in the radar ofcompanies. There is a new stream in the scholarship that sees strategic human resourcemanagement as a key microfoundation of resilience. Based on a systematic review of fortyeight (48) peer -reviewed studies in Scopus and Web of Science (2000 – 2026) theinteractions between bundles of SHRM (recruitment, training, compensation, performancemanagement, and employee involvement) and dynamic capability (visibility,responsiveness, flexibility and ambidexterity) and their resulting resilient supply chainoutcomes is synthesised. Focusing on how such practices map with the aforementionedtheories, the review reveals that SHRM practices account for a significant amount ofvariation in supply chain agility and indirectly contribute to resilience through humancapital development, joint leadership and organizational culture. It highlights some defaultlinkages (AI moderator and green-sustainable HRM and supply chain resilience inemerging markets) and suggests an integrated framework of SHRM–SCR capability and afuture research agenda based on RBV, DCT, and AMO theories.