Towards a TQM-driven HR performance evaluation: An empirical study

Employee Relations

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-370

  Soltani, Ebrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Organizations; Performance appraisal; Total quality management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097863     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450310483370     Document Type: Article

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