Relationships of TQM practices and employees' propensity to remain: An empirical case study

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 528-541

  Ooi, Keng Boon ^a   Veeri, Arumugam ^b   Yin, Loke Kim ^c   Vellapan, Lorraine Subathra ^c  

^a Perak Institute of Technology   (Malaysia)

^b University of Sciences   (Malaysia)

^c Carsem Sdn Bdh   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electronics industry; Malaysia; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MALAYSIA; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; SELF-COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING ORGANIZATION;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748713041     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610685494     Document Type: Article

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