The Baldrige education criteria for performance excellence framework: Empirical test and validation

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1118-1157

  Badri, Masood Abdulla ^a   Selim, Hassan ^a   Alshare, Khaled ^b   Grandon, Elizabeth E ^b   Younis, Hassan ^a   Abdulla, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baldrige Award; Higher education; Performance measures; Quality awards; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749404282     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710610704249     Document Type: Article

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