Total quality, public management and critical leadership in civil construction projects

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 541-553

  Holt, Robin ^a   Rowe, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Leadership; Project management; Public sector; TQM; United kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344220419     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710010298571     Document Type: Article

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