Internalisation of ISO 9000 standards: The antecedent role of functionalist and institutionalist drivers and performance implications

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4545-4568

  Nair, Anand ^a   Prajogo, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Internalisation; ISO 9000; Performance; Quality management; Resource based view; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; ISO-9000; PERFORMANCE QUALITY; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 70449657262     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701871069     Document Type: Article

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