Inclusive Leadership in Supply Chain Management

When women are meaningfully represented and engaged in leadership bodies-such as legislatures, courts, executive boards, community councils-laws, rulings, and decisions are more likely to be inclusive, representative, and take diverse views into account. However, in the field of Supply Chain Management (SCM), the prevalence of women leadership is relatively low. This conceptual paper attempts to address this irregularity. The paper outlines the major challenges women face to get into the field of SCM and growth in SCM after joining it. A model has been proposed for women leadership in SCM and the direction for future research has also been laid out.