- Adams, John S. “Inequity in Social Exchange,” in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Leonard Berkowitz (ed.) Vol. 62 (1965), pp. 335–343, Academic Press.
- Aldefer, Clayton S. “An Empirical Test of a New Theory of Human Needs,” Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 4 (1969), pp. 142–175.
- Borgatta, Edward F., and George W. Bohrnstedt, “Level of Measurement: Once and Over Again” Sociological Methods and Research, 9:2 (1980), pp. 147–160.
- Cohen, Susan G., and Diane E. Bailey, “What Makes Teams Work: Group Effectiveness Research from the Shop Floor to the Executive Suite,” Journal of Management, 23:3 (1997), pp. 239–290.
- Cole, Robert E., “The Quality Revolution,” Production and Operations Management, 1:1 (Winter 1992), pp. 118–120.
- Cuscela, Kristin N., “Kaizen Blitz Attacks Work Processes at Dana Corp.,” IIE Solutions, 30:4 (April 1998), pp. 29–31.
- Farris, Jennifer, “An Empirical Investigation of Kaizen Event Effectiveness: Outcomes and Critical Success Factors,” Ph.D. Dissertation (2006), Virginia Tech.
- Farris, Jennifer, Eileen M. Van Aken, and Toni L. Doolen, “Studying Kaizen Event Outcomes and Critical Success Factors: A Model-Based Approach.” Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering and Research Conference (May 20061), CD-ROM.
- Farris, Jennifer, Eileen M. Van Aken, Toni L. Doolen, and June Worley, “Learning from Kaizen Events: A Research Methodology for Determining the Characteristics of More - and Less - Successful Events,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Management Conference (October 20062), CD-ROM.
- Farris, Jennifer, Eileen M. Van Aken, Toni L. Doolen, and June Worley, “A Study of Mediating Relationships on Kaizen Event Teams,” Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering and Research Conference (May 2007), CD-ROM.
- Gaito, John, “Measurement Scales and Statistics: Resurgence of an Old Misconception,” Psychological Bulletin, 87:3 (1980), pp. 564–567.
- Goldstein, Gerald, and Michel Hersen, Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Pergamon Press (1984).
- Hand, David J., “Statistics and the Theory of Measurement,” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 159:3 (1996), pp. 445–492.
- Laraia, Anthony C., Patricia E. Moody, and Robert W. Hall, The Kaizen Blitz: Accelerating Breakthroughs in Productivity and Performance, The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (1999).
- Lawler, Edward E., and Susan A. Mohrman, “Quality Circles After the Fad,” Harvard Business Review, 63:1 (Jan/Feb1985), pp. 64–71.
- Lawler, Edward E., and Susan A. Mohrman, “Quality Circles: After the Honeymoon,” Organizational Dynamics, 15:4 (Spring 1987), pp. 42–54.
- Letens, Geert, Jennifer Farris, and Eileen M. Van Aken, “Development and Application of a Framework for the Design and Assessment of a Kaizen Program,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Management Conference (October 2006), CD-ROM.
- Likert, Rensis, “A Technique for the Measurement of Attitudes,” Archives of Psychology, 140 (1932), pp. 5–55.
- Lord, Frederic M., “On the Statistical Treatment of Football Numbers,” The American Psychologist, 8 (1953), pp. 750–751.
- Lounamaa, Pertti H., and James G. March, “Adaptive Coordination of a Learning Team,” Management Science, 33:1 (January 1987), pp. 107–123.
- Melnyk, Stephen A., Roger J. Calantone, Frank L. Montabon, and Richard T. Smith, “Short-Term Action in Pursuit of Long-Term Improvements: Introducing Kaizen Events,” Production and Inventory Management Journal, 39:4 (Fourth Quarter 1998), pp. 69–76.
- Michell, Joel, “Measurement Scales and Statistics: A Clash of Paradigms,” Psychological Bulletin, 100:3 (1986), pp. 398–407.
- Minton, Eric, “Profile: Luke Faulstick – ‘Baron of Blitz’ Has Boundless Vision of Continuous Improvement,” Industrial Management, 40:1 (Jan/Feb 1998), pp. 14–21.
- Mohr, William. L., and Harriet Mohr, Quality Circles, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company (1983).
- Oakeson, Mark, “Kaizen Makes Dollars & Sense for Mercedes-Benz in Brazil,” IIE Solutions, 29:4 (1997), pp. 32–35.
- Sheridan, John H., “Kaizen Blitz,” Industry Week, 246:16 (September 1, 1997), pp. 18–27.
- Sitkin, Sim B., “Learning Through Failure: The Strategy of Small Losses,” in Research in Organizational Behavior L.L. Cummings and B.M. Straw (Eds.), 14 (1992), pp. 231–266, JAI Press.
- Stevens, Stanley S., “On the Theory of Scales of Measurement,” Science, 103 (1946), pp. 667–680.
- Stevens, Stanley S., “Mathematics, Measurement and Psychophysics,” in Handbook of Experimental Psychology S.S. Stevens (Ed.), (1951), pp. 1–49, Wiley.
- Townsend, James T., and F.G. Ashby, “Measurement Scales and Statistics: The Misconception Misconceived,” Psychological Bulletin, 96:2 (1984), pp. 394–401.
- Velleman, Paul F., and Leland Wilkinson, “Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio Typologies are Misleading,” The American Statistician, 47:1 (1993), pp. 65–72.
- Vitalo, Ralph L., Frank Butz, and Joseph P. Vitalo, Kaizen Desk Reference Standard, Vital Enterprises (2003).
- Womack, James P., Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos, The Machine that Changed the World, Rawson Associates (1990).
- Yin, Robert K., Case Study Research Design and Methods, 3rd edition, Sage Publications, Inc. (2003).
- Zumbo, Bruno D., and Donald W. Zimmerman, “Is the Selection of Statistical Methods Governed by Level of Measurement?” Canadian Psychologist, 34 (1993), pp. 390–400.
Engineering Management Journal
Volume 20, 2008 - Issue 3