Quality management, strategic priorities and performance: The role of quality leadership

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1173-1193

  Albacete Sáez, Carlos A ^a   Fuentes Fuentes, Maria Mar ^a   Bojica, Ana Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Leadership; Management commitment; Quality management; Strategic orientation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL RESULTS; GENERAL MANAGER; LEADERSHIP; MULTI-GROUP; QUALITY MANAGERS; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION; STUDY SAMPLES; TOP MANAGEMENT;

FINANCE; INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84859178676     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571111170758     Document Type: Article

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