Cultural influences on total quality management adoption in Chinese enterprises: An empirical study

Total Quality Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-342

  Pun, Kit Fai ^a  

^a Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0442295587     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544120120034483     Document Type: Article

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