The purpose of this paper is to aim at proposing a research agenda in the intersection of strategic supply chain management and logistics (SCML) of global organizations from the perspective of international human resource management (IHRM).
Ship Masters of ocean going ships are team leaders and decision makers in charge of managing usually diverse teams that have to confrontunexpected situations that might risk the life safety of crewmembers and the loss of the asset. Despite their critical role, research on the Masters’leading role is rather limited. Lack of relevant research becomes even more noticeable if one takes into acco…