The adoption of excellence models through cultural and social adaptations: An empirical study of critical success factors and a proposed model

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 641-654

  Zairi, Mohamed ^a   Alsughayir, Abdulrahman Abdullah ^b  

^a European Centre for Best Practice Management   (United Kingdom)

^b AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Best practice; Culture; Excellence models; Performance; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960747228     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2011.580654     Document Type: Article

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