The moderating role of leadership in the relationship between management control and business excellence

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 591-611

  Doeleman, H J ^a   ten Have, Steven ^b   Ahaus, Kees ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b VU University   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

leadership; management control; performance management; purposive change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863533207     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2012.669935     Document Type: Article

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