Saif Mir
Biography
Saif Mir is an assistant professor of operations management with a background in both academia and the maritime industry. He holds a Ph.D. and an MBA from the University of Arkansas. Before his academic career, Dr. Mir worked as a merchant mariner on oil tankers as a deck officer.
Dr. Mir has held faculty positions at the College of Charleston and Lehigh University. He focuses on connecting academic concepts with real-world industry experience in his teaching. His research is focused on behavioral supply chain management, with an emphasis on buyer-supplier relationships and supply chain sustainability. His work examines how human behavior influences supply chain decision making.
In 2024, Dr. Mir received a runner-up honor for the Bernard J. LaLonde Best Paper Award, which is given by the Journal of Business Logistics.
Education
- Ph.D. in supply chain management, University of Arkansas
Select Publications
- Masorgo, N., Mir, S., & Hofer, A. (2023). “You’re driving me crazy! The impacts of last mile delivery driver negative behaviors on customer outcomes.” Journal of Business Logistics, 44(4), pp. 66–692.
- Masorgo, N., Mir, S., & Hofer, A. (2022). “Expectations vs experience: Managing the adverse effects of service failures on customer satisfaction in the airline industry.” Transportation Journal, 61(3), pp. 231–262.
- Mir, S., Blessley, M., Zacharia, Z., & Aloysius, J. (2022). “Mending Fences in a Buyer‐Supplier Relationship: The Role of Justice in Relationship Restoration.” Journal of Supply Chain Management, 58(3), pp. 23–46.
- Mir, S., Fugate, B., Johnson, J., & Blessley, M. (2021). “What should you be talking about? The communication pathway to sustainable supply chain contagion.” International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 51(7), pp. 711–737.
- Branco, M., Teixeira, R., Mir, S., & Lacerda, D. (2021). “Barriers to development of port operator supply chain integration: An evaluation in the port operations context.” Transportation Journal, 60(2), pp. 141–170.
- Blessley, M., Mir, S., Zacharia, Z., & Aloysius, J. (2018). “Breaching relational obligations in a buyer supplier relationship: Feelings of violation, fairness perceptions and supplier switching.” Industrial Marketing Management, 74, pp. 215–226.
- Mir, S., Lu, S., Cantor, D., & Hofer, C. (2018). “Content Analysis in SCM Research: Past Uses and Future Opportunities.” International Journal of Logistics Management, 29(1), pp. 152–190.
- Mir, S., Aloysius, J., & Eckerd, S. (2017). “Understanding Supplier Switching Behavior: The Role of Psychological Contracts in a Competitive Setting.” Journal of Supply Chain Management, 53(3), pp. 3–18.
Awards Honors
- Bernard J. LaLonde Best Paper Award (Runner-up), Journal of Business Logistics, 2023
- College of Business Mentorship Excellence Award, Lehigh University, 2022
- Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award, Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2017
- E. Grosvenor Plowman Award, Academic Research Symposium at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) conference, 2017