Cross-national stability of a quality management model: A comparative study of the United States and Turkey

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-65

  Yavas, Burhan F ^a   Janda, Swinder ^b   Marcoulides, George A ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural Comparisons; Managerial Style; Organizational Studies; Quality Management; Structural Equation Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248982770     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327612jamd0801_4     Document Type: Article

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