Quality management effectiveness in Asia: The influence of culture

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-239

  Kull, Thomas J ^a   Wacker, John G ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Culture; Multilevel modeling; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ASIAN COUNTRIES; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; CULTURAL VALUE; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY; MULTILEVEL MODELING; PRODUCT QUALITY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; QUALITY PERFORMANCE; QUALITY PROBLEMS; SOUTH KOREA;

MANAGERS; QUALITY CONTROL;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77949916356     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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