Relationship between organizational commitment and EFQM business excellence model: A study on Turkish quality award winners

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1083-1096

  Tutuncu, Ozkan ^a   Kucukusta, Deniz ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Business excellence model; EFQM Award; Organizational commitment; Total Quality Management; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749108467     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360701594709     Document Type: Article

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