The role and importance of motivation in TQM success

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 272-286

  Talaq, Jaleel ^a   Ahmed, Pervaiz K ^b  

^a Quality Assurance Department   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

motivation; Quality; quality consciousness; total quality management (TQM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747829005     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmdm.2003.003508     Document Type: Article

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