Supervisors’ role in TQM and non-TQM firms

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 555-568

  Golhar, Damodar Y ^a   Deshpande, Satish P ^a   Ahire, Sanjay L ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003403710     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719710186173     Document Type: Review

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