This paper attempts to examine the impact of Kaizen on job satisfaction.
Moreover, the impact of Kaizen on job satisfaction aspects such as work satisfaction,
workplace satisfaction, coworker satisfaction, management satisfaction, promotion
satisfaction, pay satisfaction, and fringe benefit satisfaction is assessed. The survey
data used in this paper contains 965 managerial and non-managerial employees, of
which 387 employees were from two non-Kaizen implementing textile industries and
578 were from three Kaizen implementing textile industries. Ordered Probit
estimation results reveal that Kaizen implementing and non-implementing employees
do not differ significantly in their likelihoods of job, work, workplace, coworker,
management, and promotion satisfaction. However, Kaizen implementing employees
are found to be more likely to be satisfied with their pay and fringe benefit than non
implementing employees.
Keywords: Kaizen, job satisfaction