The impact of quality on learning

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-191

  Li, George ^a   Rajagopalan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Productivity; Quality; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEACHING;

LEARNING QUALITY;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 0031195490     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(97)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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