International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 65 Issue 3

Systematic review and meta-regression analysis of technical efficiency in dairy farms

Taciana Mareth, Antonio Marcio Tavares Thomé, Fernando Luiz Cyrino Oliveira, Luiz Felipe Scavarda

The purpose of this paper is to complement and extend previous literature reviews on Technical Efficiency (TE) in dairy farms, analysing the effects of different methodologies and…

Knowledge acquisition through process mapping: Factors affecting the performance of work-based activity

Gareth R.T. White, Svetlana Cicmil

Business improvement initiatives have benefit for both an organisation’s operational effectiveness and its knowledge acquisition capabilities. These have a synergistic effect upon…

Benchmarking strategic resources and business performance via an open framework

Franco Maria Battagello, Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi

The purpose of this paper is to test a way to overcome specific issues related to the assessment of the strategic capital and to propose a viable solution for its benchmarking. In…

Impact of leader member exchange, human resource management practices and psychological empowerment on extra role performances: The mediating role of organisational commitment

Anugamini Priya Srivastava, Rajib Lochan Dhar

The purpose of this paper is to seek to examine the mediating role of organizational commitment (OC) in the relationship that extra role performance (EXR) shares with leader…

After 20 years, what has remained of TQM?

Lis Lisboa Bernardino, Francisco Teixeira, Abel Ribeiro de Jesus, Ava Barbosa, Maurício Lordelo, Herman Augusto Lepikson

Many Brazilian organizations have adopted total quality management (TQM). However, this model has lost prominence in academic and business environments. The purpose of this paper…

Factors influencing labor productivity on construction sites: A state-of-the-art literature review and a survey

Shamil George Naoum

Productivity is a worldwide problem and efforts have been made over the last three decades or so to explore ways to increase the rate of productivity on construction sites. The…

Framework to improve performance through implementing Lean Six Sigma strategies to oil exporting countries during recession or depression

Basant Chaurasia, Dixit Garg, Ashish Agarwal

Today’s global business environment essential requirement to an industries reduction of wastes, reduction of variations, reduction of lead time and innovative feature quality…

Editorial

Thomas F Burgess, John Heap