Development of competency model for quality specialists

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-85

  Chang, Dong Shang ^a   Chen, Hsuan Yueh ^a   Ho, Chin Tsang ^b   Lu, Iuan Yuan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competency model of quality specialists; Confirmatory factor analysis; Enterprise development; Small and medium enterprises; Sme

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649216126     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2009.025266     Document Type: Article

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