Ahmad, M. F. and Zakuan, N. and Jusoh, A. and Tasir, Z. and Takala, J. (2013) Meta-analysis of the relationship between TQM and business performance. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.
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Abstract
Meta-analysis has been conducted based on 20 previous works from 4,040 firms at 16 countries from Asia, Europe and America. Throughout this paper a meta-analysis, this paper reviews the relationships between TQM and business performance amongst the regions. Meta-analysis result concludes that the average of rc is 0.47; Asia (rc=0.54), America (rc=0.43) and Europe (rc=0.38). The analysis also shows that Asia developed countries have greatest impact of TQM (rc=0.56). However, the analysis of ANOVA and t-test show that there is no significant difference amongst type of country (developed and developing countries) and regions at p=0.05. In addition, the average result of rc2 is 0.24; Asia (rc2=0.33), America (rc2=0.22) and Europe (rc2=0.15). Meanwhile, rc2 in developing countries (rc2=0.28) are higher than developed countries (rc2=0.21).
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
Divisions: | Management |
ID Code: | 51166 |
Deposited By: | Haliza Zainal |
Deposited On: | 27 Jan 2016 01:53 |
Last Modified: | 17 Sep 2017 08:07 |
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