Effects of ISO 9001 certification and KAAE on performance of Jordanian firms

Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-53

  Al Refaie, Abbas ^a   Ghnaimat, Ola ^b   Li, Ming Hsien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Firm's performance; ISO 9001 certification; KAAE; SEM

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; FIRM'S PERFORMANCE; ISO 9001; ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION; KAAE; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRY; MODEL STRUCTURES; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84863128934     PISSN: 19956665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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