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First Name
Satabdi

Last Name
Hazarika

Email
[email protected]

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Title
Assistant Professor

Office
SCB 3071

Phone
(616) 331-7306

Department
Management

Expertise
• Socially Sustainable Supply Chain Management • Buyer-supplier Relationships • Behavioral Supply Chain Management

Biography
Dr. Hazarika earned her Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D. degree, Dr. Hazarika finished her MBA in Operations from Symbiosis International University, India. She worked for a Fortune Global 500 company as a Process Engineer and in a start-up as Business Development Executive. Her current research interest is in supply chain management with an emphasis on social sustainability - safety and technology’s role in social sustainability within supply chains, responsible purchasing decisions, understanding buyer-supplier relationships and the role of top management in ethical decision-making processes. Dr. Hazarika uses econometric analysis, qualitative approaches, and behavioral experiments that engage different stakeholders in the research process to gain managerial insights in making important supply chain decisions.

Education
PhD, Supply Chain Management, University of Arkansas (2025) MBA, Operations, Symbiosis International University (2021) BTech, Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (2017)

Teaching Areas
Operations Management International Logistics Supply Chain Process Improvements

Publications
Hazarika, S. (2025). Advancing Social Sustainability in Operations and Supply Chain Management: A Multi-Theoretical Exploration of Technology, Task Familiarity, and Sustainability Interactions (Doctoral dissertation, University of Arkansas). Hazarika, S., Duan, Y., Yan, T., & Aloysius, J. A. (2025). Does It Matter to the CSuite? The Role of Top Management in a Purchasing Manager's Responsible Sourcing Intentions. Journal of Business Logistics, 46(2), e70012.

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