Total quality management and SME performance: the mediating of innovation in Malaysia / Nurazree Mahmud ... [et al.]

Mahmud, Nurazree and Hilmi, Mohd Faiz and Mustapha, Yanti Aspha Ameira and Abu Karim, Rizuwan (2019) Total quality management and SME performance: the mediating of innovation in Malaysia / Nurazree Mahmud ... [et al.]. Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ), 14 (1). pp. 201-217. ISSN 2550-1631

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to discover the crucial issues between TQM and the performance of Malaysian SMEs. This paper also reviewed the need of the other variable in the relationship between TQM and Malaysian SME’s performance; namely innovation. This paper then presents the empirical results carried out on the Malaysian SMEs covering the manufacturing industry. The measurement scale in this study was tested and found to be reliable and valid to examine the research model.  The 124 samples obtained were assessed using Smart PLS in order to examine the structural equation model. Empirical findings in this study prove that TQM had an insignificant impact on innovation and performance. Moreover, innovation mediates the relationship between TQM and performance of SMEs in Malaysia. This study provides new evidence in the important area of TQM and innovation of Malaysian SMEs.

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Mahmud, Nurazree
nurazree642@melaka.uitm.edu.my
Hilmi, Mohd Faiz
faiz@usm.edu.my
Mustapha, Yanti Aspha Ameira
ameira574@kedah.uitm.edu.my
Abu Karim, Rizuwan
rizuwan305@bdrmelaka.uitm.edu.my
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management > Total quality management. Benchmarking
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Accounting Research Institute (ARI)
Journal or Publication Title: Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ)
ISSN: 2550-1631
Volume: 14
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 201-217
Keywords: TQM, innovation, SME performance, Manufacturing
Date: April 2019
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29371
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