Implementation of TQM in China and organisation performance: An empirical investigation

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 509-530

  Yusuf, Yahaya ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b   Dan, Guo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits; Implementation; Organisational performance; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547209869     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360701239982     Document Type: Article

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