Sustaining the Benefits of a Quality Initiative through Cooperative Values: A Longitudinal Study

Decision Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 553-588

  Kull, Thomas J ^a   Narasimhan, Ram ^b   Schroeder, Roger ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

and Sociotechnical Systems Theory; Cooperation; Government; Longitudinal Analysis; Multilevel Modeling; Organizational Culture; Quality Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863540985     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2012.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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