Investigating the effects of innovation and employee performance on the relationship between total quality management practices and firm performance: An empirical study of Turkish firms

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-26

  Sadikoglu, Esin ^a   Zehir, Cemal ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Performance; Structural equation modeling; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; ISO 9001:2000; LATENT VARIABLE; MEDIATING EFFECT; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TURKISHS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955466210     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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