The association between organizational climate and quality management practices: An empirical study on small- and medium-sized manufacturing companies in Taiwan

Total Quality Management

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 863-868

  Lin, Chinho ^a   Madu, Christian N ^b   Kuei, Chu Hua ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542736317     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954412997271     Document Type: Article

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