Total quality management and its impact on middle managers and front-line workers

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 37-46

  Lam, Simon S k ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Hong Kong; Job satisfaction; Surveys; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043579     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621719610122794     Document Type: Article

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