Quality management practices: A comparative study between East and West

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 812-826

  Dahlgaard, Jens J ^a   Kristensen, Kai ^a   Kanji, Gopal K ^b   Juhl, Hans J ^a   Sohal, Amrik S ^c  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Manufacturing; National cultures; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000587516     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719810791675     Document Type: Review

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