The link between total quality management and organizational performance in Malaysian automotive industry: The mediating role of ISO/TS16949 efforts

IEEM 2009 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 439-443

  Zakuan, N M ^a   Yusof, S M ^b   Shaharoun, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ISO TS16949 efforts; Malaysian automotive industry; Mediator; Organizational performance; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; ISO/TS16949 EFFORTS; MALAYSIANS; MEDIATOR; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TQM CONSTRUCTS; TQM IMPLEMENTATION;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 77949534911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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