Senior executives and the ISO 9000-TQM transition: A framework and some empirical data

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 669-686

  Taylor, W Andrew ^a   Meegan, Sarah T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ISO 9000; Small to medium sized enterprises; Top management; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005839280     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719710173339     Document Type: Article

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