Data quality initiatives: Striving for continuous improvements

International Journal of Information Quality

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-367

  Tee, Sing What ^a   Bowen, Paul L ^b   Doyle, Peta ^c   Rohde, Fiona H ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Case study; Data Quality; DQ; Information quality

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; DATA QUALITY; FUNDING SOURCES; INFORMATION QUALITY; INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS; MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79961136248     PISSN: 17510457     EISSN: 17510465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIQ.2007.016713     Document Type: Article

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