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 Volume 6, Issue 5 (May 2019), Pages: 11-17

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Statistical impacts of interaction between mindset and engagement on Kaizen success: Empirical case among SMEs in Vietnam

 Author(s): Thanh-Lam Nguyen *

 Affiliation(s):

 Office of International Affairs, Lac Hong University, Dong Nai, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8268-9854

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.05.003

 Abstract:

The current trend of international integration urges business organizations to continuously improve their competitive advantage for their survival and sustainable growth. And Kaizen has been a preferable approach in practice. This study aims at investigating the statistical impacts of the interactions between mindset and engagement of organization members on the Kaizen success among SMEs in Vietnam so that they can have proper actions and prioritize their operations within their available resources.  It is found that not only the mindset and engagement but also their interaction positively affects Kaizen success. Among them, the interaction between mindset and engagement has the strongest impact. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Kaizen success, Continuous improvement, Mindset, Engagement, Interaction

 Article History: Received 25 December 2018, Received in revised form 3 March 2019, Accepted 5 March 2019

 Acknowledgement:

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Nguyen TL (2019). Statistical impacts of interaction between mindset and engagement on Kaizen success: Empirical case among SMEs in Vietnam. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(5): 11-17

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