The Impact of Gender on Humanitarian Logistics

Logistics performance in the humanitarian context has been linked to gender issues in several ways. From the perspective of the beneficiary, gender-based disaster vulnerabilities and gender disparities in accessing aid have been highlighted. However, the gender of humanitarian staff in contact with beneficiaries, making purchasing decisions, and responsible for last-mile deliveries, i.e., humanitarian logisticians, also impacts on the way in which the needs of female and male beneficiaries are met. This conceptual article focuses, therefore, on the links between gender, logistics performance, and logistics skills—discussing the implications of these three areas in the humanitarian context. From this, an agenda for further research is proposed.

[1]  G. Kovács,et al.  Humanitarian logistics in disaster relief operations , 2007 .

[2]  Arni Halldorsson,et al.  PERSPECTIVES ON LOGISTICS VS. SCM: A SURVEY OF SCM PROFESSIONALS , 2007 .

[3]  P. De Vos,et al.  Uses of first line emergency services in Cuba. , 2008, Health policy.

[4]  J. Hearn,et al.  Gender and Management: New Directions in Research and Continuing Patterns in Practice , 2008 .

[5]  Yosef Sheffi,et al.  A Review and Evaluation of Logistics Metrics , 1994 .

[6]  P. Gustafson.  Work-related travel, gender and family obligations , 2006 .

[7]  M. Tracey,et al.  Supply chain management: what training professionals need to know , 2001 .

[8]  Perry A Trunick.  Women in logistics , 2007 .

[9]  Remko I. van Hoek,et al.  Managers in supply chain management, the critical dimension , 2002 .

[10]  Bob D. Cutler,et al.  Do the Management Components of Supply Chain Management Affect Logistics Performance , 2004 .

[11]  Kulwinder S. Banipal,et al.  Strategic approach to disaster management: lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina , 2006 .

[12]  C. Palmer,et al.  Gender Issues and Partner Preferences Among a Sample of Emergency Medical Technicians , 1998, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine.

[13]  Marco Iansiti,et al.  Real-world R&D: jumping the product generation gap , 1999 .

[14]  Merilyn Childs,et al.  Not through women's eyes: Photo-essays and the construction of a gendered tsunami disaster , 2006 .

[15]  Hokey Min,et al.  Negotiation Outcomes: The Impact of the Initial Offer, Time, Gender, and Team Size , 1995 .

[16]  Kevin B. Lowe,et al.  Effectiveness correlates of transformational and transactional leadership: A meta-analytic review of the mlq literature , 1996 .

[17]  Peter J. Denning.  Hastily formed networks , 2006, CACM.

[18]  W. Weekes-Vagliani.  Participatory Development and Gender: Articulating Concepts and Cases , 1994 .

[19]  Joseph R Cartern.  Executive education's role in our supply chain future , 2006 .

[20]  Craig R. Carter.  ASSESSING LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION JOURNALS : ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES , 2002 .

[21]  Chandra Lalwani,et al.  Education, Training and the Role of Logistics Managers in Ireland , 2001 .

[22]  S. Pettit,et al.  Critical success factors in the context of humanitarian aid supply chains , 2009 .

[23]  Benita M. Beamon,et al.  Measuring supply chain performance , 1999 .

[24]  Adisak Theeranuphattana,et al.  A conceptual model of performance measurement for supply chains: Alternative considerations , 2007 .

[25]  J. Dinwoodie.  Motivational profiling of logistics Master’s students in Great Britain , 2001 .

[26]  Patricia J. Daugherty,et al.  Integrated logistics: achieving logistics performance improvements , 1996 .

[27]  P. Larson,et al.  Logistics versus supply chain management: An international survey , 2004 .

[28]  John Dischinger.  The emerging supply chain management profession , 2006 .

[29]  Luk N. Van Wassenhove,et al.  From preparedness to partnerships: case study research on humanitarian logistics , 2009, Int. Trans. Oper. Res..

[30]  G. Kovács,et al.  Identifying challenges in humanitarian logistics , 2009 .

[31]  Chris Morgan,et al.  Structure, speed and salience: performance measurement in the supply chain , 2004, Bus. Process. Manag. J..

[32]  Luk N. Van Wassenhove,et al.  Humanitarian aid logistics: supply chain management in high gear , 2006, J. Oper. Res. Soc..

[33]  Paul D. Larson,et al.  LOGISTICS SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT , 2001 .

[34]  Martin Christopher,et al.  Management development and the supply chain manager of the future , 2005 .

[35]  Amrik S. Sohal,et al.  Incumbent perceptions of the logistics profession , 2004 .

[36]  Chris Morgan,et al.  Supply network performance measurement: future challenges? , 2007 .

[37]  Sarah Bradshaw,et al.  Reconstructing roles and relations: Women's participation in reconstruction in post-Mitch Nicaragua , 2001 .

[38]  Denis Royston Towill,et al.  Lean, agile or leagile? Matching your supply chain to the marketplace , 2000 .

[39]  Lauri Ojala,et al.  Logistics and financial performance: An analysis of 424 Finnish small and medium‐sized enterprises , 2008 .

[40]  Gordon Stewart,et al.  Supply‐chain operations reference model (SCOR): the first cross‐industry framework for integrated supply‐chain management , 1997 .

[41]  Marc Wouters,et al.  Developing performance-measurement systems as enabling formalization: A longitudinal field study of a logistics department , 2008 .

[42]  L. Smircich,et al.  From the ‘Woman's Point of View’ Ten Years Later: Towards a Feminist Organization Studies , 2006 .

[43]  Benita M. Beamon,et al.  Performance measurement in humanitarian relief chains , 2008 .

[44]  John Cosgrave,et al.  The international humanitarian system and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis. , 2007, Disasters.

[45]  Paul R. Murphy,et al.  Career perspectives of women in distribution: congruency or contrast? , 1999 .

[46]  Paul R. Murphy,et al.  Skill requirements of senior‐level logisticians: a longitudinal assessment , 2007 .

[47]  N. Makris,et al.  Normal sexual dimorphism of the adult human brain assessed by in vivo magnetic resonance imaging. , 2001, Cerebral cortex.

[48]  Anisya S. Thomas,et al.  Logistics training: necessity or luxury? , 2005 .