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The effects of total quality management practices on employees' work‐related attitudes
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In this paper, the authors examined the impact of total quality management practices on employees' work-related attitudes, such as job involvement, job satisfaction, career satisfaction, and organizational commitment.Abstract:
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of total quality management (TQM) practices on employees' work‐related attitudes, such as job involvement, job satisfaction, career satisfaction, and organizational commitment.Design/methodology/approach – The paper proposes and tests 16 hypotheses on the relationship between TQM practices and work‐related attitude.Findings – The results indicate that training and education have a significant positive effect on job involvement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Empowerment and teamwork significantly enhance job involvement, job satisfaction, career satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Continuous improvement and problem prevention significantly enhance job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Customer focus does not contribute to job involvement, job satisfaction, career satisfaction, or organizational commitment.Research limitations/implications – The study was unable to evaluate the wider dimensions of TQM practice...read more
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Occupational musculoskeletal and mental health: Significance of rationalization and opportunities to create sustainable production systems ― A systematic review
Rolf H. Westgaard,Jörgen Winkel +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that production system rationalization represents a pervasive work life intervention without a primary occupational health focus and has considerable and mostly negative influence on worker health, but this can be reduced by attention to modifiers.
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The structural relationships between TQM factors and organizational performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors determine the relationships between the total quality management (TQM) factors and organizational performance, using the questionnaire method. But they do not identify the factors that significantly affect the companies' performance with respect to their internal procedures, customers, market share and the natural and social environment.
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Impact of TQM on company's performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of total quality management (TQM) implementation on different dimensions of company performance, i.e., employee relations, operating procedures, and financial results.
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An empirical investigation of relationship between total quality management practices and quality performance in Indian service companies
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between total quality management practices and quality performance in Indian service companies and found that TQM practices were partially correlated with quality performance of the Indian Service companies.
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The impact of lean production on musculoskeletal and psychosocial risks: An examination of sociotechnical trends over 20 years
TL;DR: An interaction model is developed to propose a pathway from lean production characteristics to musculoskeletal and psychosocial risk factors and also positive outcomes and an examination is made of the changing focus of studies investigating the consequences of lean production over a 20-year period.
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Total quality management as competitive advantage: A review and empirical study
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