Effects of quality culture and corporate ethical values on employee work attitudes and job performance in Turkey: An integrative approach

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-302

  Elçi, Meral ^a   Kitapçi, Hakan ^a   Ertürk, Alper ^b,c  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Institute of Naval Science and Engineering   (Turkey)

^c Kavacik Kaptanlar Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corporate ethical values; Job performance; Job satisfaction and turnover intention; Organizational commitment; Quality culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247846098     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360601152475     Document Type: Article

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