Predicting total quality management adoption in New Zealand: The moderating effect of organisational size

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-178

  Haar, Jarrod M ^a   Spell, Chester S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Organizational structures; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449125948     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390810851408     Document Type: Article

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