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Table 1

Sustainability-related tension domains in procurement and SCM literature

Level of analysis	Core tension domain	Illustrative tension	Representative literature
Individual/role	Skills and identity	Buyer efficiency role vs sustainability-oriented role	Lövstål and Jontoft (2017), Xiao et al. (2019), Warmbier et al. (2022)
Organisational/functional	Performance priorities	Cost efficiency vs sustainability ambitions	Schneider and Wallenburg (2012), Fayezi et al. (2018)
Organisational/temporal	Time horizons	Short-term targets vs long-term sustainability outcomes	Brix-Asala et al. (2018), Zehendner et al. (2021)
Inter-organisational	Governance approach	Control and compliance vs collaboration and trust	Wilhelm and Sydow (2018), Longoni et al. (2019)
Inter-organisational/market	Supplier conditions	Supplier scarcity vs sustainability requirements	Sandberg (2017), Fayezi et al. (2018)
Systemic/institutional	Stakeholder and regulatory pressures	Compliance demands vs operational flexibility	Busse et al. (2016), Kocabasoglu-Hillmer et al. (2023a)

Level of analysis	Core tension domain	Illustrative tension	Representative literature
Individual/role	Skills and identity	Buyer efficiency role vs sustainability-oriented role	Lövstål and Jontoft (2017), Xiao et al. (2019), Warmbier et al. (2022)
Organisational/functional	Performance priorities	Cost efficiency vs sustainability ambitions	Schneider and Wallenburg (2012), Fayezi et al. (2018)
Organisational/temporal	Time horizons	Short-term targets vs long-term sustainability outcomes	Brix-Asala et al. (2018), Zehendner et al. (2021)
Inter-organisational	Governance approach	Control and compliance vs collaboration and trust	Wilhelm and Sydow (2018), Longoni et al. (2019)
Inter-organisational/market	Supplier conditions	Supplier scarcity vs sustainability requirements	Sandberg (2017), Fayezi et al. (2018)
Systemic/institutional	Stakeholder and regulatory pressures	Compliance demands vs operational flexibility	Busse et al. (2016), Kocabasoglu-Hillmer et al. (2023a)

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