Meta-analysis of the relationship between quality management practices and firm performance—implications for quality management theory development

Quality management (QM) has received a high degree of attention in extant literature. Several research papers attribute superior firm performance to adoption of QM practices. The availability of a large number of research papers that investigate the impact of QM practices on performance provide an ideal setting for theory extension and refinement using meta-analysis techniques. In this paper a meta-analytic study is presented that fulfills two objectives. First, the paper formalizes performance implications of adopting QM practices and present hypothesized relationship between QM practices and performance. Second, a meta-analysis of correlation (Hunter and Schmidt, 1990) approach is used to examine the empirical research in QM to determine which QM practices are positively related to improved performance. The study also examines the presence of moderating factors in the association between QM practices and performance. The results support many hypothesized relationships and also point towards the presence of moderating factors in almost all QM practice–performance relationships. A discussion of the findings is presented and directions for further development of QM theory are proposed.     

城市发展质量评价的公众参与研究

城市发展质量评价是现代城市治理的有效手段之一。公众参与城市发展质量评价不仅是民主政治的集中体现,也有助于提高评价的质量和信度。本文在分析城市发展质量与公众之间辩证关系的基础上,讨论了公众在城市发展质量评价中的主体作用,分析了评价过程各阶段的公众参与形式,并初步研究了公众参与的主要问题及对策。     

基于顾客导向的物流企业风险预警

文中通过回顾企业风险预警管理相关文献,分析了物流企业风险形成主要影响因素,并结合物流企业运营特征,建立基于顾客导向的物流企业预警指标体系,运用灰关联分析方法评价物流企业顾客满意度,对物流企业的风险进行预警。     

通信运营企业的质量管理的再提高

现在通信运营企业为了提高服务质量,不断的加强员工培训,制定客户服务规范,使出了浑身解数,但是仍不见服务质量有显著的提高,用户对企业服务质量的投诉仍居高不下。本文就针对通信运营企业再次提高服务质量的问题,提出了价值链质量管理,鼓励企业实行内部营销,以建立一个完整的质量体系,而不是仅仅关注企业中某一个直接面对客户的职能部门。     

如何设计中国顾客满意指数调查问卷

中国顾客满意指数作为一种新的质量业绩衡量指标,能够有效地反映我国企业、行业、国民经济中的各部门以及整个国民经济的质量状况。问卷设计是中国顾客满意指数调查的关键环节。文章结合中国顾客满意指数调查的特点,对设计调查问卷的原则、方法及问卷设计过程中需要注意的问题进行了探讨。     

SERVCON: development and validation of a multidimensional service convenience scale

As customers have demanded greater convenience in service exchanges, researchers have responded by incorporating the convenience construct into their conceptual models and empirical studies, but a comprehensive, formally validated measure of convenience remains lacking. This study conceptualizes service convenience as a second-order, five-dimensional construct that reflects consumers’ perceived time and effort in purchasing or using a service. Service convenience dimensions are salient at different stages of the purchase decision process. Given this conceptualization, the study presents the development and validation of the SERVCON scale, a comprehensive instrument for measuring service convenience. The five dimensions are independent within a nomological network that illustrates distinct antecedent and consequent effects, and the results reinforce the multidimensional representation, offering insight into the distinctive relationships between each service convenience dimension and its antecedents, such as competitive intensity, and consequences, such as repurchase behavior. The findings help researchers and managers understand a fully conceptualized convenience construct and facilitate the measurement of convenience in future empirical studies.     

论购物成本——一个界宸商圈的新视角

如何科学、方便地界定零售商店的商图，长期以来一直困扰着理论界和经营者。人们曾提出过各种解决办法，但由于这些办法本身存在的缺陷，在实际工作中未能获得广泛采认。商图是由顾客选择商店的行为形成的，影响顾客择店的主要因素是购物成本，它从根本上决定着商店商圈的大小。     

影响顾客满意因素的简析

取得高程度的顾客满意是营销的最高目标。然而，能够使一个顾客满意的东西，未必会使另一个顾客满意；能使顾客在一种情况下满意的东西，在另一种情况下未必能使其感到满意。因此，公司及其员工应该全面了解影响顾客满意度的因素。     

豫中优质烟草产区微量元素地球化学

本文主要介绍河南省中部地区优质烟草产区岩石、土壤等介质中微量元素分布特征及其迁移演化规律。简要讨论了烟草品质与微量元素的关系。     

智力资本中的客户资本管理研究

本文从界定智力资本、分析客户资本的含义和特征入手 ,阐述了企业客户资本管理的环境 ,客户资本细分 ,客户资本的衡量和客户共同学习的策略 ,提出了客户资本管理的新思路。