Total quality management, high-commitment human resource strategy and firm performance: An empirical study

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-86

  Carlos Bou, J ^a   Beltrán, Inmaculada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Financial performance; High commitment management; Interaction effect; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144250575     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336042000309875     Document Type: Review

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