Quality awards and performance: Is there a relationship?

TQM Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-538

  Corredor, Pilar ^a   Goñi, Salomé ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Performance management; Quality awards; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY AWARDS; QUALITY SYSTEMS; REGIONAL LEVELS;

INDUSTRY; PLANNING; PROFITABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956629967     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542731011072865     Document Type: Article

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