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TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions

This study aims to investigate empirically the relationship between the key practices of total quality management (TQM) and organisational knowledge creation (OKC) as perceived by academic leadership in Iraqi Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).Based on a survey design, the study is conducted on 4...

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Main Authors: Ali Zwain, Ammar Abdulameer, Lim, Kong Teong, Othman, Siti Norezam
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Universiti Malaya 2014
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/15901/1/AJBA_1%20%281%29.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.159012016-04-17T06:38:53Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/15901/ TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions Ali Zwain, Ammar Abdulameer Lim, Kong Teong Othman, Siti Norezam HD28 Management. Industrial Management This study aims to investigate empirically the relationship between the key practices of total quality management (TQM) and organisational knowledge creation (OKC) as perceived by academic leadership in Iraqi Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).Based on a survey design, the study is conducted on 41 quality improvement-adoption colleges in Iraqi HEIs.The hypotheses of this study are tested through correlation and multivariate analyses.The results support the main hypotheses for the study, suggesting that Iraqi HEIs can benefit from TQM practices.Pearson correlation points out that all practices of TQM have significant correlations with OKC.Regression analyses show significant positive relationships. Additionally, statistical analysis also indicates that the TQM practices should be implemented collectively rather than individually.In conclusion, this study provides insight and further understanding of the effect of TQM practices on OKC, and therefore, allows practitioners to get in-depth knowledge about the impact of TQM practices in Iraqi HEIs context. Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Universiti Malaya 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/15901/1/AJBA_1%20%281%29.pdf Ali Zwain, Ammar Abdulameer and Lim, Kong Teong and Othman, Siti Norezam (2014) TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions. Asian Journal of Business and Accounting, 7 (1). pp. 1-27. ISSN 1985-4064 http://ajba.um.edu.my/713-828
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Ali Zwain, Ammar Abdulameer
Lim, Kong Teong
Othman, Siti Norezam
TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions
description This study aims to investigate empirically the relationship between the key practices of total quality management (TQM) and organisational knowledge creation (OKC) as perceived by academic leadership in Iraqi Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).Based on a survey design, the study is conducted on 41 quality improvement-adoption colleges in Iraqi HEIs.The hypotheses of this study are tested through correlation and multivariate analyses.The results support the main hypotheses for the study, suggesting that Iraqi HEIs can benefit from TQM practices.Pearson correlation points out that all practices of TQM have significant correlations with OKC.Regression analyses show significant positive relationships. Additionally, statistical analysis also indicates that the TQM practices should be implemented collectively rather than individually.In conclusion, this study provides insight and further understanding of the effect of TQM practices on OKC, and therefore, allows practitioners to get in-depth knowledge about the impact of TQM practices in Iraqi HEIs context.
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author Ali Zwain, Ammar Abdulameer
Lim, Kong Teong
Othman, Siti Norezam
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Lim, Kong Teong
Othman, Siti Norezam
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title TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions
title_short TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions
title_full TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions
title_fullStr TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions
title_full_unstemmed TQM practices and organisational knowledge creation: An empirical study of Iraqi higher education institutions
title_sort tqm practices and organisational knowledge creation: an empirical study of iraqi higher education institutions
publisher Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Universiti Malaya
publishDate 2014
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/15901/1/AJBA_1%20%281%29.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/15901/
http://ajba.um.edu.my/713-828
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