Influence of Entrepreneurial Autonomy and Logistics Service Innovation on Delivery of Logistics Entrepreneurs Under COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the casual relationship model among entrepreneurial autonomy, logistics service innovation and logistics delivery under COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. The population was 1,012 logistics entrepreneurs in Thailand. The samplings were entrepreneurs/executive chairman/executive: one from each company, totaling 322 samples. The data were collected by using questionnaires. Concerning data analysis, the exploratory factor analysis, the confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis were employed. The results showed that the model fitted in the empirical data. Entrepreneurial autonomy and logistics service innovation have positive direct effect on logistics delivery at the 0.01 significant level. The logistics entrepreneurs with entrepreneurial autonomy could encourage employees to develop initiatives or logistics service innovation implementation for organization goals achievement; delivery, problem solving and customers need responding under volatile economic environment as a consequence COVID-19 pandemic or new infectious diseases that may occur in the future.
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