Participatory improvement at a global bank: The diffusion of quality teams and the demise of a six sigma initiative

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-53

  Strang, David ^a   Jung, Dong Il ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Quality; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349086110     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608100517     Document Type: Article

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