Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries
Automotive companies must implement and maintain a high degree of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices due to competitive automotive market and customer pressure. In the operations management research field, TQM has been considered as infrastructural strategy. It has become one of the most recog...
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| author | Zakuan, Norhayati Mohd. Yusof, Shari Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri Mohd. Shaharoun, Awaludin |
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| description | Automotive companies must implement and maintain a high degree of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices due to competitive automotive market and customer pressure. In the operations management research field, TQM has been considered as infrastructural strategy. It has become one of the most recognized models for operational excellence besides Lean Operation, Supply Chain Management, and Technology Management. The authors have reviewed updated literature on TQM research and one question that arrised was in re-validating the TQM constructs. Eight constructs were consolidated from literature. Can these eight constructs validly represent TQM as a whole? This paper presents findings of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) on TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industry. Data were obtained from 161 and 150 automotive companies and related suppliers in Malaysia and Thailand with 25% and 21% response rate respectively. The results indicate that from the eight TQM constructs, only seven TQM constructs are acceptable for further analysis. The paper with a proposed future direction ends of this research. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-259332018-03-22T10:52:39Z http://eprints.utm.my/25933/ Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries Zakuan, Norhayati Mohd. Yusof, Shari Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri Mohd. Shaharoun, Awaludin TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Automotive companies must implement and maintain a high degree of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices due to competitive automotive market and customer pressure. In the operations management research field, TQM has been considered as infrastructural strategy. It has become one of the most recognized models for operational excellence besides Lean Operation, Supply Chain Management, and Technology Management. The authors have reviewed updated literature on TQM research and one question that arrised was in re-validating the TQM constructs. Eight constructs were consolidated from literature. Can these eight constructs validly represent TQM as a whole? This paper presents findings of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) on TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industry. Data were obtained from 161 and 150 automotive companies and related suppliers in Malaysia and Thailand with 25% and 21% response rate respectively. The results indicate that from the eight TQM constructs, only seven TQM constructs are acceptable for further analysis. The paper with a proposed future direction ends of this research. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2010-01 Article PeerReviewed Zakuan, Norhayati and Mohd. Yusof, Shari and Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri and Mohd. Shaharoun, Awaludin (2010) Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries. International Journal of Business and Managemen, 5 (1). pp. 160-175. ISSN 1833-3850 (Print); 1833-8119 (Electronic) http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v5n1p160 DOI:10.5539/ijbm.v5n1p16 |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Zakuan, Norhayati Mohd. Yusof, Shari Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri Mohd. Shaharoun, Awaludin Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries |
| title | Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries |
| title_full | Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries |
| title_fullStr | Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries |
| title_short | Confirmatory factor analysis of TQM practices in Malaysia and Thailand automotive industries |
| title_sort | confirmatory factor analysis of tqm practices in malaysia and thailand automotive industries |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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