The moderating role of contextual factors on quality management practices

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 12-23

  Zhang, Dongli ^a   Linderman, Kevin ^b   Schroeder, Roger G ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental uncertainty; Exploitation; Exploration; Organizational structure; Quality management

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; CONTINGENCY THEORY; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; EXPLOITATION; MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING PLANT; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

MANUFACTURE; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857363492     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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