The relationship between total quality management and human resource management in small and medium-sized enterprises

Strategic Change

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 427-435

  McElwee, Gerard ^a   Warren, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011631088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1697(200011)9:7<427::AID-JSC516>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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