Relationships between Total Quality Management Practices, Organizational Culture and Teacher’s Performance: Study from Seventh Day Adventist High Schools in West Indonesia

Authors

  • Ronny Buha Sihotang Management Lecturer of Universitas Advent Indonesia
  • Zenyka Viedeyona Zebedeus Management Student of Universitas Advent Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21632/irjbs.6.2.105-119

Keywords:

Teacher’s, performance, quality management, practices, organization culture, school operation

Abstract

Teacher’s performance is the main key of school organization’s success. As the key, teachers’ genuineness is highlighted to be the most demanding of the school operations. They are actors, patrons, front liner workers, and models for the future. It shows that the role of teachers is the center of school operations. In the same situations, school operations are affected by school culture and quality management practices that enhance the teachers to do their duties properly. Teachers’ performances are tied to the culture and total quality management practices of the schools. The purpose of this research is to elaborate the relationships between implementation of total quality management practices, organizational culture and teacher’s performance. The research results indicate that there is a strong relationship between total quality management practices and teacher’s performance. Also there is a moderate relationship between organizational culture and teacher’s performance. While the relationship between total quality management and oganizationa culture is moderate relationship. Both total quality management practices and organizational culture positively and significantly affect teacher’s performance.

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11/18/2025

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Sihotang, R. B., & Zebedeus, Z. V. (2013). Relationships between Total Quality Management Practices, Organizational Culture and Teacher’s Performance: Study from Seventh Day Adventist High Schools in West Indonesia. International Research Journal of Business Studies, 6(2), 105-119. https://doi.org/10.21632/irjbs.6.2.105-119

How to Cite

Sihotang, R. B., & Zebedeus, Z. V. (2013). Relationships between Total Quality Management Practices, Organizational Culture and Teacher’s Performance: Study from Seventh Day Adventist High Schools in West Indonesia. International Research Journal of Business Studies, 6(2), 105-119. https://doi.org/10.21632/irjbs.6.2.105-119