Towards a third generation of quality management: Searching for a theoretical re-conceptualisation of contemporary organisations based on the notions of stakeholders and transactivity

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 683-703

  Foster, David ^a   Jonker, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Quality management; Society; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547666554     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710710774674     Document Type: Article

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