Assessing employee turnover intentions before/after TQM

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-63

  Guimaraes, Tor ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Staff turnover; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011969339     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719710156770     Document Type: Article

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