Empirical Measurement of the Effects of Cultural Diversity on Software Quality Management

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-180

  Siakas, Kerstin V ^a   Georgiadou, Elli ^b  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Empirical measurement; Software process improvement; Software quality management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT; MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1842856193     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020528024624     Document Type: Article

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