Understanding quality culture

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-363

  Ehlers, Ulf Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Higher education; Organizational culture; Quality; Quality culture; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350374093     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880910992322     Document Type: Article

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