The relationship between total quality management practices and organizational culture

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1101-1122

  Prajogo, Daniel I ^a   McDermott, Christopher M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Organizational culture; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144480683     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570510626916     Document Type: Article

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