Total quality management, organizational commitment, perceived organizational support, and intraorganizational communication

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 316-341

  Allen, Myria W ^a   Brady, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

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EID: 0011757481     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318997010003003     Document Type: Article

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