Employees’ Perceived Strategic Interrelatedness Between Sustainability and Quality Management: A Cross-Sectional Multi-Sector Study in Türkiye
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https://doi.org/10.12776/qip.v30i2.2406Keywords:
sustainability, quality management, organizations, strategic contextAbstract
Purpose: To examine employees’ perceptions of the strategic importance and perceived interrelatedness of sustainability and quality management within a cross-sectional multi-sector sample in Türkiye.
Methodology/Approach: A quantitative, cross-sectional survey design was employed using a structured questionnaire administered to 253 employees from eight sector categories. The data were analysed through exploratory factor analysis, one-sample t-tests, and structural equation modelling (SEM) using SPSS and AMOS.
Findings: Respondents attached high strategic importance to both sustainability and quality management dimensions. The SEM results suggest a statistically significant but weak positive association between the perceived strategic importance of sustainability and the perceived strategic importance of quality management.
Research Limitation/Implication: The study is limited to cross-sectional,
self-reported survey data collected from 253 employees across eight sector categories in Türkiye.
Originality/Value of paper: The study contributes by proposing and empirically examining a perception-based instrument that links sustainability and quality management within a Turkish multi-sector context, thereby complementing integrated-management-system, EFQM, ISO, and TQM-oriented studies with employee-level evidence on perceived strategic interrelatedness.
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