Are companies that implement TQM better learning organisations? An empirical study

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1101-1115

  Martínez Costa, Micaela ^a   Jiménez Jiménez, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Organisational learning; Structural equations; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349098411     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360802323446     Document Type: Article

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