The role of employee communication in achieving commitment and quality in higher education

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-20

  Thornhill, Adrian ^a   Lewis, Phil ^a   Saunders, Mark N k ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Communications; Employees; Higher education; Human resource management; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986136488     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889610107995     Document Type: Article

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