The adoption of multiple certification standards: perceived performance implications of quality, environmental and health & safety certifications

Frank Wiengarten; Paul Humphreys; George Onofrei; Brian Fynes

doi:10.1080/09537287.2016.1239847

The adoption of multiple certification standards: perceived performance implications of quality, environmental and health & safety certifications

Frank Wiengarten, Paul Humphreys, George Onofrei, Brian Fynes

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This study assesses the combined impact of multiple certifications (i.e. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001) on perceived performance dimensions related to quality, environmental and occupational health and safety. Using survey data collected from 59 Irish manufacturing plants in 2014, we employed MANCOVA and regression analysis to test our proposed hypothesis. The results suggest that companies that are simultaneously ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified are significantly better performers with regard to environmental and occupational health and safety compared to companies without multiple certifications. However, from a perceived quality performance perspective, having these multiple certifications doesn’t seem to be an effective performance improvement tool.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-141
Number of pages	11
Journal	Production Planning and Control
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1239847
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2017

Keywords

Certification
ISO 14001
ISO 9001
OHSAS 18001
perceived performance

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