## 3 Results
### Data Analysis  
#### 3.3.1 Critical Success Factors (CSF) Found in the Literature  
Following the review and assessment of the studies, 60 factors influencing the effectiveness of work teams concerning continuous improvement within the manufacturing industry were identified and are presented in Table 4.  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline
**No.** & **Author and Year** & **Publication** & **Reference** & **Country** \\ \hline
1 & ([PERSON] et al., 2013) & Teamwork effectiveness factors in healthcare and manufacturing industries & [12] & Spain \\
2 & ([PERSON] and [PERSON], 2013) & An Integrated Model of the Toyota Production System with Total Quality Management and People Factors & [13] & Taiwan \\
3 & ([PERSON] and [PERSON], 2013) & Lean production, employee learning and workplace outcomes: a case analysis through the ability-motivation-opportunity framework & [14] & New Zealand \\
4 & ([PERSON] et al., 2013) & Critical success factors for Kaizen implementation in manufacturing industries in Mexico & [15] & Mexico \\
5 & ([PERSON] et al., 2014) & Human critical success factors for kaizen and its impacts in industrial performance & [16] & Mexico \\
6 & ([PERSON] et al., 2015) & Achieving employee commitment for continuous improvement initiatives & [17] & United States of America \\
7 & ([PERSON] and [PERSON], 2015) & How to improve team effectiveness through group processes: An example in the automotive industry & [18] & Spain \\
8 & ([PERSON] et al., 2015) & Understanding and Improving Teamwork in Organizations: A Scientifically Based Practical Guide & [19] & United States of America \\
9 & ([PERSON] et al., 2015) & Effects of management commitment and organization of work teams on the benefits of kaizen: Planning stage & [20] & Mexico \\
10 & ([PERSON] and [PERSON], 2016) & Lean-team effectiveness through leader values and members’ informing & [21] & Netherlands \\
11 & ([PERSON] et al., 2017) & A comparative exploration of lean manufacturing and six sigma in terms of their critical success factors & [22] & France \\
12 & ([PERSON] and [PERSON], 2017) & What derives lean manufacturing effectiveness: An interpretive structural mode & [23] & Malaysia \\
13 & ([PERSON] et al., 2018) & Kaizen, a continuous improvement practice in organizations & [24] & Mexico \\
14 & ([PERSON] et al., 2019) & How to foster Sustainable Continuous Improvement: A cause-effect relations map of Lean soft practices & [25] & Italy \\
15 & (A. and B., 2020) & Factors Affecting Teamwork Effectiveness in Malaysian SMEs: Construction Industry. Exploring critical success factors for the implementation of lean manufacturing in machinery and equipment SMEs & [27] & Malaysia \\
16 & ([PERSON] et al., 2020) & Key Lessons to Sustain Continuous Improvement A & [28] & Colombia \\
17 & ([PERSON] et al., 2020) & Case Study of Four Companies & [29] & Brazil \\
18 & ([PERSON] et al., 2021) & Influence of team members’ characteristics on the sustainability of continuous improvement initiatives & [30] & United States of America \\
19 & ([PERSON] et al., 2021) & Let’s be frank: Individual and team-level predictors of improvement in student teamwork effectiveness & [30] & United States of America \\
20 & ([PERSON] et al., 2021) & Following peer-evaluation feedback & [31] & Mexico \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 3: Bibliographic information of the articles included in the review.  
Table 4 shows all the factors that had at least one mention within the publications included in the review, the number of mentions observed, and the publications in which each of the listed factors were found.  
Among the 60 factors identified, those that obtained the most mentions were leadership (12 mentions), communication (11 mentions), KSA (10 mentions), and participation from senior management (10 mentions).