Quality management and the work environment: An empirical investigation in a public sector organization

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-291

  Taveira, Alvaro D ^a   James, Craig A ^b   Karsh, Ben Tzion ^c   Sainfort, François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b Allstate   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroergonomics; Organizational culture; Quality management; TQM; Work environment

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0041669245     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(03)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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