TQM and Innovation within the context of Agricultural R&D organisations

What is it about?

The paper explores the relationship between Total Quality Management (TQM) and innovation and the way each impact on the performance of agricultural research and development (R&D) organizations. The findings show a positive relationship between TQM, innovation and performance. A hypothesised model depicting the complex relationships between investigated constructs was developed. The model, which also predicts total effects of various organisational practices on performance, provides an opening for developing a TQM-innovation-performance framework for agricultural R&D organisations.

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Why is it important?

The research is unique within the context of Mauritius as it presents a fair assessment of how performance is measured within Agricultural R&D organizations.

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