Beyond process: TQM content and firm performance

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-202

  Reed, Richard ^a   Lemak, David J ^a   Montgomery, Joseph C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0030530697     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1996.9602161569     Document Type: Article

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