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Table 4 Results of hypotheses tests

From: Quality management and innovation: new insights on a structural contingency framework

Hypothesis

Relationship

β

Significance

1

SQM → INN

0.491

Significant

2

tQM → INN

0.054

Not significant

3

SQM → tQM

0.489

Significant

4

tQM → SQM

0.490

Significant

5

SQM X OS → INN

0.151

Not significant

6

tQM X OS → INN

0.891

Significant

7

SQM X OT → INN

−0.518

Significant

8

tQM X OT → INN

−0.247

Not significant

9

SQM X ME → INN

−0.834

Not significant

10

tQM X ME → INN

0.219

Significant

  1. Abbreviations: SQM: Social quality management; tQM: Technical quality management; OS: Organizational size; OT: Organizational task; ME: Managerial ethics; INN: Innovation.