TQM implementation in a public sector entity in Fiji - Public sector reform, commercialization, and institutionalism

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 340-360

  Sharma, Umesh ^a   Hoque, Zahirul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiji; Implementation; Public sector; TQM

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; HOUSING PROVISION; MORTGAGE LENDING; PUBLIC SECTOR;

FIJI;

EID: 0036058159     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550210435700     Document Type: Article

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