Total quality management: Applicability to law firms

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 541-554

  Abraham, Steven E ^a   Spencer, Michael S ^b   Monk, Eloise L ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Law; Surveys; Total Quality Management; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748580449     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719810203703     Document Type: Article

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