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The Tqm Paradox: Relations Among Tqm Practices, Plant Performance, And Customer Satisfaction, Thomas Choi, Karen Eboch
The Tqm Paradox: Relations Among Tqm Practices, Plant Performance, And Customer Satisfaction, Thomas Choi, Karen Eboch
Karen Eboch
We empirically examine a mediational model of TQM, in which TQM practices have a direct impact on customer satisfaction and an indirect impact mediated through plant performance. We adopt a survey approach using the data from 339 manufacturing companies. We first establish convergent validity, discriminant validity, and reliability of the constructs. We then examine the model using LISREL 8.10. The results suggest paradoxical relations among TQM practices, plant performance, and customer satisfaction. TQM practices have a stronger impact on customer satisfaction than they do on plant performance. Further, the plant performance, as described in the mediational model, fails to show …