...Fernando Ruiz-Pérez; Álvaro Lleó; Elisabeth Viles; Daniel Jurburg Purpose This paper unifies previous research literature on employee participation in continuous improvement (CI) activities through the development and validation of a conceptual model. The purpose of this model is to illustrate how...

... of attention to EDEP. The study suggests that when employees participate fully in quality drive and self-manage their actions and duties, high-quality printing can be assured. Social implications – The study provides useful information on factors that have been overlooked or given less attention, yet...

...Tor Tonnessen Purpose The paper aims to address the failure of prevailing international management concepts to utilize the potentials of company wide employee participation in innovation, and give the reader some practical solutions and some ideas about how to exploit these potentials more...

...Ying‐Jung Yeh A successful TQM implementation requires employees’ engagement in extra‐role behaviors. This study identified and examined the critical factors embedded in the organizational system that may enhance or hinder employees’ participation in TQM activities. Factors including individual...