An empirical investigation of the channels that facilitate a total quality culture

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1043-1067

  Gallear, David ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Empirical investigation; Facilitators; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644244742     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336042000255497     Document Type: Article

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