The scripting of total quality management within its organizational biography

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-247

  Mueller, Frank ^a   Carter, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fashion; Institutional theory; Organizational biography perspective; Script; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844524331     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605049466     Document Type: Article

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