Relationships between the integration of audits and management systems: An empirical study

TQM Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 659-672

  Bernardo, Merce ^a   Casadesus, Marti ^a   Karapetrovic, Stanislav ^b   Heras, Iñaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auditing; Information systems; Integrated management systems; Integration levels; ISO 14001; ISO 9000 series; ISO 9001; Quality audit

Indexed keywords

AUDITING; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION LEVELS; ISO 14001; ISO 9000 SERIES; ISO 9001;

INTEGRATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80455129687     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542731111175266     Document Type: Article

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