The relationships among internal marketing, job satisfaction, relationship marketing, customer orientation, and organizational performance: An empirical study of TFT-LCD companies in Taiwan

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 436-449

  Wu, Wann Yih ^a   Tsai, Chia Chun ^b   Fu, Chen Su ^b  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Customer orientation; Internal marketing; Job satisfaction; Relationship marketing; TFT LCD

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER ORIENTATION; INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; RELATIONSHIP MARKETING; TFT-LCD MANUFACTURING; TFT-LCDS; THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; JOB SATISFACTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MANUFACTURE; SALES;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84882265612     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20329     Document Type: Article

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