Organizational effectiveness model for quality management systems in the Australian construction industry

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 793-806

  Karim, K ^a   Marosszeky, M ^a   Kumaraswamy, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Best practice; Construction; Defects; ISO 9000; Rework

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344461067     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500077617     Document Type: Article

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