The relationships between organizational culture, total quality management practices and operational performance

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 789-814

  Baird, Kevin ^a   Hu, Kristal Jia ^a   Reeve, Robert ^a  

^a Ernst and Young   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Organizational culture; Performance; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959208636     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111144850     Document Type: Article

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