Total quality management implementation in research and development organisations: A comparative study of South Korea and Taiwan

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-389

  Hong, Soon W ^a   Huang, Cheng Li ^b  

^a Youngdong University   (South Korea)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Korea; Moderated multiple regression; R D; Research and development; Structural equation modelling; Taiwan; Total quality management; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952570098     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.038978     Document Type: Article

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