Research Journal of Business Management1819-19322152-0437Academic Journals Inc.10.3923/rjbm.2014.203.216KrommuangApiwat SuwunnamekOpal 3201483Quality management practices can help an organization thrive in an increasingly competitive global market. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this study identifies organizational characteristics that encourage employee involvement and improve quality management practices. The sample group was comprised of 271 people representing middle management in Thailands food industry. The variables of employee involvement were intervening latent variables in the relationship. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyse the results which showed that fewer hierarchies of command and decentralized decision making power had a significantly positive affect on quality management practices in organizations.]]>Ambroz, M.,20041693104Antony, J., K. Leung, G. Knowles and S. Gosh,200219551566Arpanutud, P., S. Keeratipibul, A. Charoensupaya and E. Taylor,2009111364375Badri, M.A., D. Davis and D. Davis,1995123653Black, S.A. and L.J. Porter,199627121Bardoel, E.A. and A.S. Sohal,199916263277Boyer, G.R. and R.S. Smith,200154199223Burdett, J.O.,19946713Crosby, P.B.,1996Cummings, T.G. and C.G. Worley,20058th Edn.,Deming, W.E.,1986Douglas, T.J. and W.Q. Judge Jr.,200144158169Elias, S.M.,2009353755Flynn, B.B., S. Sakakibara and R.G. Schroeder,19953813251360Guimaraes, T.,199682025Hair, Jr. J.F., W.C. Black, B.J. Babin and R.E. Anderson,20107th Edn.,Pages: 816Pages: 816Hellsten, U. and B. Klefsjo,200012238244Hendricks, K.B. and V.R. Singhal,200119269285Hua, H., K.S. Chin, H. Sun and Y. Xu,20001111111122Igbaria, M., S. Parasuraman and M.K. Badawy,199418175201Ishikawa, K.,19851st Edn.,Ismail, A.I., R.C. Rose, J. Uli and H. Abdullah,201217151173Jabnoun, N.,200517226236Jack, E.P., P.R. Stephens and J.R. Evans,200110363382Motwani, J.,200113292300Jayaram, J., S.L. Ahire and P. Dreyfus,201028345356Juran, J.M.,1986191924Kannan, V.R. and K.C. Tan,200533153162Kanungo, R.N.,198267341349Karia, N. and M.H.A.H. Asaari, 2006183043Karuppusami, G. and R. Gandhinathan,200618372385Kim, K. and D. Chhajed,2000125602621Lagrosen, Y. and S. Lagrosen,200525940952Lakhal, L., F. Pasin and M. Limam,200623625646Lawler, E.E., S.A. Mohrman and G.E. Ledford,1992Pages: 157Pages: 157Lee, H.L. and S. Whang,200596289300Lee, V.H., K.B. Ooi, A.S. Sohal and A.Y.L. Chong,201223885902Lee, V.H., K.B. Ooi, B.I. Tan and A.Y.L. Chong,2010187396Lines, R.,20054832Maciariello, J.A., J.W. Burke and D. Tilley,19893294303Mohrman, S.A., E.E. Lawler and G.E. Ledford,199619610Ngammongkolrat, A.,20132013Pazy, A. and Y. Ganzach,20093510071025Phan, A.C., A.B. Abdallah and Y. Matsui,2011133518529Phillips, L.W., D.R. Chang and R.D. Buzzell,1983472643Pool, S.W.,200021373378Powell, T.C.,1995161537Pun, K.F.,200112323342Rao, A., L. Carr, I. Dambolena, R. Kopp, J. Martin, F. Rafii and P. Schlesinger,1996Reger, R.K., L.T. Gustafson, S.M. Demarie and J.V. Mullane,199419565584Robbins, S.P.,1997Pages: 200Pages: 200Robbins, S.P. and D.A. Decenzo,20013rd Edn.,Rodmanee, S. and W.C. Huang,20133202205Ross, J.E.,19993rd Edn.,Saraph, J.V., P.G. Benson and R.G. Schroeder,198920810829Brief, A.P., B. Schneider and R.A. Guzzo,199624719Schonberger, R.J.,200725403419Schaupp, L.C., L. Carter and M.E. McBride,201026636644Shin, J., M.S. Taylor and M.G. Seo,201255727748Singh, P.J. and A.J.R. Smith,200415394401Sitkin, S.B., K.M. Sutcliffe and R. Schroeder, 199419537564Spencer, B.A.,199419446471Sun, H., I.K. Hui, A.Y.K. Tam and J. Frick,200012350354Suwannaporn, P. and M.W. Speece,2010112364386Tamimi, N. and R. Sebastianelli,1998315760Tata, J. and S. Prasad,19989703710Taylor, F.W.,1911Thiagarajan, T. and M. Zairi,19985291303Thai Industrial Standards Institute,20122012Ugboro, I.O. and K. Obeng,20005247272Wilkinson, A. and B. Witcher,1991294651Xu, K., J. Jayaram and M. Xu,200623367389Zatzick, C.D., T.P. Moliterno and T. Fang,20123313211330Zhang, D., K. Linderman and R.G. Schroeder,2012301223Zhang, Z., A. Waszink and J. Wijngaard,200017730755Zu, X., H. Zhou, X. Zhu and D. Yao,201128800821