An international survey of the nature and prevalence of quality management systems in airports

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 819-829

  Francis, Graham ^a   Humphreys, Ian ^c   Fry, Jackie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0141686935     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336032000091030     Document Type: Article

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