Total Quality Management: A Selective Commentary on Its Human Dimensions, with Special Reference to its Downside

Public Administration Review

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 501-509

  Connor, Patrick E ^a  

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EID: 0013070113     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/976961     Document Type: Article

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