Purpose – This paper examines the ways in which the concepts of “quality”, “productivity” and “business performance … purpose of this paper is to define quality, productivity and business performance along with their linkages for home … ten years. Findings – This paper clarifies meaning and linkages of quality, productivity and business performance in home …

is lacking in global productivity analysis. International quantitative comparisons of country macro-level measurements of … productivity have been available in the world for decades. However, there has been no consensus on what exactly constitute the … indicators and measures of productivity with a focus on quality. Design/methodology/approach – Through literature review and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate linkage among productivity, quality, and business … productivity, and subsequently productivity leads to better business performance for home-based brassware units in India. The … appropriate linkage among productivity, quality, and business performance. Research limitations/implications This study has …

Purpose – 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 purpose of this paper is to investigate the state of … the art in productivity research and to present the findings of a survey into the factors that can impair productivity on …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of items that are included in recent productivity programmes … in various countries and integrate these items with the ideas of virtuous circuit of productivity and socially embedded … productivity. Design/methodology/approach – In depth analysis of an illustrative set of productivity measures. The analysis reveals …

to identify the links between PIs and productivity. Findings The authors identify correlations that demonstrate a cycle … where low performance scores on indicators increase productivity in the next period, but high performance decrease it, thus … renewing the cycle. Research limitations/implications While long-term gains in the productivity are not the direct product of …

: work environment, personal work practices, well-being at work and productivity. As SmartWoW is a standardized tool its …

physically exerting and performed outdoors which might potentially have adverse health and productivity consequences. The purpose … 7730. Direct observations and personal interviews were conducted to substantiate the productivity estimations. Findings …°C and had adverse productivity impacts (18-35 per cent productivity loss), whereas the workers engaged in light indoor …

knowledge workers’ productivity. The review is a response to recommendation and adoption of the motivational human resource … measurement approaches to investigating knowledge workers’ productivity. The review develops to examine the various arguments for … knowledge work productivity in process. Findings The principle finding is that Morgeson and Humphrey’s (2006) Work Design …