Examination of the dimensions of quality in higher education

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Lagrosen, Stefan ^a   Seyyed Hashemi, Roxana ^b   Leitner, Markus ^c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Bereuter and Partner Consulting GmbH   (Austria)

^c Allgemeine Sparkasse Oberosterreich Bankaktiengesellschaft   (Austria)

Author keywords

Education; Quality management; Service quality assurance; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030494     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880410536431     Document Type: Article

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