Does the implementation of total quality management (TQM) change the well being and work-related attitudes of health care personnel? Study of a TQM prize-winning surgical clinic

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 456-470

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Mäki, Eerikki ^a   Lindström, Kari ^a   Alanko, Arto ^b   Seitsonen, Sanna ^b   Järvinen, Kirsi ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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EID: 1542605826     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534819710190085     Document Type: Article

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