Towards a contingency theory perspective of quality management in enabling strategic alignment

McAdam, Rodney; Miller, Kristel; McSorley, Carmel

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.07.003

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“…The effectiveness of the MACS depends on whether its design can be matched with the surrounding environment, technological factors, company size, and company strategy (Fisher, 1995;Chenhall, 2003). Chenhall (2003), McAdam et al (2019, Zhang et al (2017) and others have shown that contingency theory is appropriate for establishing an effective MACS, and an effective MACS will have a positive impact on the firms' performance. Hence, contingency theory is generally suitable for this study.…”

Section: Theoretical Research Framework and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Finance Business Partnering and Manufacturing Firms’ Performance: A Mediating Role of Non-Financial Performance

Zhang

Namazi

Guo

et al. 2020

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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The effect of finance business partnering (FBP) implementation on the firm performance remains largely unexplored. The main aims of this study are to investigate whether there is a significant effect between FBP and firm performance and to identify the mediating effect of non-financial performance between FBP and firm performance. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted among 117 Chinese manufacturing firms in the year 2018, and research hypotheses were tested by partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings showed that 1) FBP does not exert a significant and direct effect on the firms’ financial performance, 2) when non-financial measures (employees performance, internal process performance, and market performance) are used as mediating variables, the effect of all the three mediating variables on the relationship between FBP and non-financial variables are positive and significant. However, when the relationship between non-financial measures and firm’s performance is considered, the mediating effect of the non- financial variables is positive and significant only for the market performance. This study provides, for the first time, empirical evidence that non-financial performance, such as employee skills, internal processes, and market performance, can be enhanced by considering FBP. It also provides practical implications suggesting that manufacturing firms should motivate finance staff to be involved in various decision-making processes.

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Section: Theoretical Research Framework and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Finance Business Partnering and Manufacturing Firms’ Performance: A Mediating Role of Non-Financial Performance

Zhang

Namazi

Guo

et al. 2020

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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“…Contingency theory holds that organizational effectiveness is generated by fitting or matching organizational characteristics with contingency factors that reflect organizational situations (McAdam, Miller, & McSorley, 2019).…”

Section: Contingency Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Contingent Fit between Management Control System and Capabilities on Sustainability Performance

Rosini¹,

Gunawan²,

Hakim³

2020

International Journal of Business, Economics and Management

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This study aims to analyze the contingent fit between the management control system (MCS) with capabilities to improve the company's sustainability performance. The final sample was 185 environmental managers, human resources, marketing, operational, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) managers from 45 listed companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange that published the annual report. Primary research data were taken by questionnaire. The data analysis method uses structural equation models with the help of the Smart PLS application. The results of this study indicate that 1) MCS has a direct effect on sustainability performance. 2) MCS affects capability. 3) Capability influences sustainability performance, and 4) contingent fit between MCS and capability has a proven impact on sustainability performance. Based on these results, future studies are expected to focus not only on the influence of MCS and capabilities on sustainability performance but also on the contingent fit between MCS and these capabilities. Thus, companies need to use MCS that has a contingent fit with their capabilities to improve sustainability performance Contribution/Originality: This study uses a new estimation methodology in the form of a management control system package with proven capabilities to improve sustainability performance. The contingent fit resulting from this study can help companies determine the right strategy in improving their sustainability performance. 1. INTRODUCTION Indonesia's natural destruction due to the exploitation of resources by companies is alarming. There are 10 environmental issues that are quite serious in Indonesia, namely waste production, forest destruction, and soil pollution (source: sindonews.com). Not to mention the issue of forest fires and waste pollution, which until now has not been handled optimally. Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (source: Walhi), an environmental activist organization in Indonesia, states that there are more than 300 environmental and agrarian conflicts and environmental damage, which is quite alarming. Based on environmental issues that tend to be of concern, governments, companies, producers, and consumers are required to pay more attention to sustainability performance (Wang, Pan, Wang, & Zhou, 2020). But in the Indonesian context, sustainability performance tends not to be the focus. The proof is that until 2016 alone, only 6% of companies reported sustainability performance (source: financial services authority). In fact, the sustainability report is critical because it indicates the actual sustainability performance (Papoutsi & Sodhi, 2020).

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“…The paradigm revolution of significant market works and structures, population dynamics, perpetuated organizations and resource dependence (Carrol, ; McAdam, Miller, & McSorley, ) deposed the contingency theory which hypothesized that environmental fits were correlated with performance. Dhir and Dhir () stressed that these works led to several strands of research which are still prevalent and have greatly contributed to organizational learning.…”

Section: Late 1930s—early 1980smentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic management: The evolution of the field

2019

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Towards a contingency theory perspective of quality management in enabling strategic alignment

Cited by 126 publications

References 53 publications

Finance Business Partnering and Manufacturing Firms’ Performance: A Mediating Role of Non-Financial Performance

Finance Business Partnering and Manufacturing Firms’ Performance: A Mediating Role of Non-Financial Performance

The Contingent Fit between Management Control System and Capabilities on Sustainability Performance

Strategic management: The evolution of the field

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