The study of the antecedent factors of organisational commitment for high-tech industries in Taiwan

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 799-815

  Chih, Wen Hai ^a   Lin, Yu An ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Leadership style; Organisational commitment; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349857794     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360903128082     Document Type: Article

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