Revising quality awareness through internal marketing: An exploratory study among French and English medium-sized enterprises

Total Quality Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 473-483

  Barnes, Bradley R ^a   Morris, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0442279111     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544120050007788     Document Type: Article

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