Exploring soft TQM dimensions and their impact on firm performance: Some exploratory empirical results

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 371-382

  Dubey, Rameshwar ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b  

^a Punjab Agricultural University   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; construct validity; discriminant validity; firm performance; Soft TQM

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FIRM PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84911966892     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.933909     Document Type: Review

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