Are there no limits to authority?: TQM and organizational power

Organization Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-224

  Knights, David ^a   McCabe, Darren ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Banking; Identity; Mortgages; Power; Quality partnerships; Resistance; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005598059     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840699202002     Document Type: Article

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