Impacts of company size and culture on quality management practices in manufacturing organisations: An empirical study

TQM Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-101

  Pun, Kit Fai ^a   Jaggernath Furlonge, Surujdaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Company size; Manufacturing industries; Organizational culture; Quality management; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

COMPANY SIZE; CORE DIMENSION; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; DIFFERENT SIZES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LOW POWER; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY CULTURE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; SURVEY DATA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84555190807     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542731211191249     Document Type: Article

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