National culture and total quality management: Empirical assessment of a theoretical model

TQM Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 351-355

  Noronha, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

China; National cultures; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CHINA; NATIONAL CULTURES;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0141919596     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780310487758     Document Type: Article

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