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The Survival of Quality Circles: An Examination of the Major In-Process Differences between Active and Inactive Quality Circles.
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Tang, Thomas Li-Ping; And Others – 1987
Quality circles (QCs) have been considered one of the most promising approaches to improving American workers' productivity. The differences of quality circle effectiveness between active QCs (N=36) and inactive QCs (N=17) in a 3-year period were examined in a quasi-experimental field study. The dependent variables examined were the amount of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attendance, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes