Does TQM impact on role stressors? A conceptual model

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1029-1044

  Teh, Pei Lee ^a   Ooi, Keng Boon ^a   Yong, Chen Chen ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Modelling; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FUNCTIONAL EFFICIENCY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MODEL BASED; MODELLING; MULTI-DIMENSIONALITY; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; ROLE AMBIGUITY; ROLE CONFLICT;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 53349119323     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810904596     Document Type: Article

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