A review and classification of total quality management research in Australia and an agenda for future research

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-66

  Rahman, Shams Ur ^a   Sohal, Amrik S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642567884     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710210413444     Document Type: Article

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