Obscuring but not reducing managerial control: Does TQM measure up to democracy standards?

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 583-623

  Rothschild, Joyce ^a   Ollilainen, Marjukka ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033265402     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X99204005     Document Type: Article

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