Improving operational and business performance in the petroleum industry through quality management

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-450

  Parast, Mahour Mellat ^a   Adams, Stephanie G ^b   Jones, Erick C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Iran; Oil industry; Petroleum; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954527112     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656711111121825     Document Type: Article

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