A new look at factors influencing total quality management failure: Work process control or workforce control?

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 125-142

  Soltani, Ebrahim ^a   Lai, Pei Chun ^b   Phillips, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 48549093192     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2008.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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