Total quality management: An empirical test for mediation effect

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 529-548

  Ho, D C K ^a   Duffy, V G ^b,c   Shih, H M ^b,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

HIERARCHICAL MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUALITY PERFORMANCE;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035866459     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540010005709     Document Type: Article

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