Cognitive Biases That Influence Lean Implementation and Practices in a Multicultural Environment

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aut.relation.journalInternational Journal of Lean Six Sigma
aut.relation.volumeAhead of print
dc.contributor.authorPurushothaman, Mahesh Babu
dc.contributor.authorSeadon, Jeff
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Dave
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-15T22:51:27Z
dc.date.available2023-05-15T22:51:27Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-25
dc.description.abstractPurpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the prominent cognitive biases that influence Lean practices in organisations that have a multi-cultural work environment which will aid the organisational managers and academics in enhancing the understanding of the human thought process and mitigate them suitably. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study was conducted in organisations that were previously committed to Lean practices and had a multi-cultural work environment. This research was conducted on five companies based on 99 in-depth semi-structured interviews and seven process observations that sought to establish the system-wide cognitive biases present in a multi-cultural Lean environment. Findings The novel findings indicate that nine new biases influence Lean implementation and practices in a multi-cultural environment. This study also found strong connectivity between Lean practices and 45 previously identified biases that could affect positively or negatively the lean methodologies and their implementation. Biases were resilient enough that their influence on Lean in multi-cultural workplaces, even with transient populations, did not demonstrate cultural differentiation. Research limitations/implications Like any qualitative research, constructivism and narrative analyses are subjected to understanding based on knowledge gained on the subject, and data may have been interpreted differently. Constructivist co-recreation of process scenarios based result limitations is therefore acknowledged. The interactive participation in exploring the knowledge sought after and interaction that could have a probable influence on the participant need to be acknowledged. However, the research design, multiple methods of data collection, generalisation based on data collection and analysis methods limit the effects of these and findings are reliable to a greater extent. Practical implications The results can provide an enhanced understanding of biases and insights into a new managerial approach to take remedial steps on biases’ influence on Lean practices that can result in improved productivity and well-being from a business process perspective. Understanding and mitigating the prominent biases can aid Lean manufacturing processes and support decision makers and line managers in improving lean methodologies’ effectiveness and productivity. The biases can be negated and used to implement decisions with ease. The influence of biases and the model could be used as a basis to counter implementation barriers. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that connects the cognitive perspectives of Lean business processes in a multi-cultural environment to identify the cognitive biases that influence Lean practices in organisations that were previously committed to Lean practices. The novel findings indicate that nine new biases and 45 previously identified biases influence Lean implementation and practices in a multi-cultural environment. The second novelty of this study shows the connection between cognitive biases, Lean implementation and practices in multi-cultural business processes.
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Lean Six Sigma, ISSN: 2040-4166 (Print), Emerald, Ahead of print. doi: 10.1108/IJLSS-10-2022-0218
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/IJLSS-10-2022-0218
dc.identifier.issn2040-4166
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/16133
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherEmerald
dc.relation.urihttps://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJLSS-10-2022-0218/full/html
dc.rightsCopyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2023. Authors retain the right to place his/her pre-publication version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository for non commercial purposes. The definitive version was published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at www.emeraldinsight.com (see Publisher’s Version).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subject1503 Business and Management
dc.subject3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.titleCognitive Biases That Influence Lean Implementation and Practices in a Multicultural Environment
dc.typeJournal Article
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