A structural analysis of the significance of a set of the original TQM measurement items in information systems function

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 81-91

  Chow, Wing S ^a   Lui, King H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Information Systems Management; Performance Measures; Structural Equation Modeling; Systems Quality; Total Quality Management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS FUNCTIONS (ISF);

INFORMATION SCIENCE; MANUFACTURE; PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037956945     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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