Analysing business performance: Counting the “soft” issues

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Louise, Claire ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Employee surveys; Measurement; Organizational change; Organizational performance; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145302     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739610120565     Document Type: Article

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