Leadership style and quality climate perceptions: Contrasting project vs. process environments

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-100

  Berson, Yair ^a,c   Linton, Jonathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Polytechnic University   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Manufacturing; Process; Project; Quality; R and D

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MANUFACTURE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

LEADERSHIP; PROCESS; QUALITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 31144468227     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2006.008193     Document Type: Article

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