TQM practices and its association with production workers

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 909-927

  Ooi, Keng Boon ^a   Arumugam, Veeri ^a   Teh, Pei Lee ^a   Chong, Alain Yee Loong ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blue collar workers; Electronics industry; Job satisfaction; Malaysia; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BLUE COLLAR WORKERS; MALAYSIA; PRODUCTION WORKERS;

JOB SATISFACTION;

EID: 51749085346     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810897991     Document Type: Article

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