The importance of recruitment and selection process for sustainability of total quality management

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 540-550

  Ahmad, Sohel ^a   Schroeder, Roger G ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Recruitment; Selection; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144267136     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710210427511     Document Type: Article

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