The primary objective of the present study was to examine the impact of total quality management (TQM) practices on the performance of organization performance of Arab American University Palestine. The study was also interested in examining the role of organizational excellence in organizational performance and also investigated the impact of organizational excellence in the relationship between TQM practices and organizational performance. To achieve the objective of the current study, we employed the structural equation modeling using statistical package of smart PLS-3. The questionnaires were distributed among the administrative staff of the university. Prior to establishing direct and indirect links between variables, we accessed the measurement of model and after establishment of the model fit, the structural model was used to examine the hypothesized relationships and the results confirmed the hypotheses of the survey. In other words, TQM practices had significant relationship with organizational performance and organizational performance had significant relationship with organizational performance. Moreover, TQM had a positive and significant effect on the organizational Excellence. Finally, organizational excellence also mediated the relationship between TQM and organizational performance.
This paper has been retracted.
This paper has been retracted.