An investigation of the total quality management survey based research published between 1989 and 2000: A literature review

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 902-970

  Sila, Ismail ^a   Ebrahimpour, Maling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

TQM, Surveys, Research, Literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442671224     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710210434801     Document Type: Review

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