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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2021.vol8.no4.0277

The Effects of Total Quality Management and Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm Performance: A Future Research Agenda  

TSOU, Yu-Hong (Department of Business Administration, Chaoyang University of Technology)
HUANG, Yung-Fu (Department of Marketing and Logistics Management, Chaoyang University of Technology)
LIU, Su-Chuan (Department of Marketing and Logistics Management, Chaoyang University of Technology)
DO, Manh-Hoang (Faculty of Economics, Tay Nguyen University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.8, no.4, 2021 , pp. 277-287 More about this Journal
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This article systematically reviews the adoption of total quality management (TQM) implementation and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives on firm performance. A total of 233 published documents from 1996 to 2020 in international journals have been collected and listed on the SCOPUS database. It aims to fill the existing literature gap regarding TQM and CSR practices and point out a future research agenda. This study employed a systematic literature review approach to review those manuscripts related to TQM, CSR topics focused on firm performance. Consequently, the results stressed that TQM and CSR are excellent tools and have a similarity to support the firms to attain corporate sustainability; however, TQM practices have given more interest than CSR initiatives. Moreover, the results highlighted that only a few articles are interested in simultaneously combining TQM and CSR initiatives although this idea is rising in recent years. Thus, the statistical findings indicated several research gaps that remain unaddressed. It is worthy of considering TQM and CSR integration; however, other scholars need to identify the critical success factors that could enable TQM practices or barriers to CSR adoption. Particularly spending more attention on the transitional economies context, which is considering a promising future research context.
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Total Quality Management; Corporate Social Responsibility; Firm Performance; Sustainability;
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