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Received: 3 February 2025

Accepted: 13 January 2026

First Online: 4 February 2026

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval was obtained locally from the Ethics Committee of Chinhoyi University of Technology (Zimbabwe), the institution where the research was conducted. The study protocol was reviewed and approved prior to the commencement of the research on 05 July 2024 (CUT07/2024).

: This study was a non-interventional investigation examining the influence of supplier selection on the operational performance of hospitality firms in Zimbabwe. Written informed consent was obtained by the researchers from all participants prior to data collection (between 08 July 2024 and 26 August 2024). Participants were fully informed about the purpose of the study, the voluntary nature of participation, the use of data for academic research and publication, and the assurance of anonymity and confidentiality. No personally identifiable information was collected, and there were no foreseeable risks associated with participation.