Toward a grounded theory of apparel product quality

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 57-67

  Scheller, Heidi P ^a   Kunz, Grace I ^b  

^a Department of Textiles and Clothing ^*  (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel; Manufacturing; Quality; Theory

Indexed keywords

GARMENTS; QUALITY; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031924412     PISSN: 0887302X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887302X9801600201     Document Type: Article

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