Leadership, quality and health: Using McGregor's X and y theory for analyzing values in relation to methodologies and outcomes

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1147-1168

  Larsson, Johan ^a   Vinberg, Stig ^b   Wiklund, Håkan ^c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Health; Leadership; Leadership values; Methodologies; Quality development; Quality improvement; Working environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749111450     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360701596290     Document Type: Article

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