Leadership for excellence in the Portuguese municipalities: Critical success factors, measurements and improvement strategies

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-139

  Sá, Patrícia Moura E ^a   Kanji, Gopal K ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kanji Quality Culture Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042730357     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336032000051313     Document Type: Article

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