Examining top management commitment to TQM diffusion using institutional and upper echelon theories

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 2988-3006

  Dubey, Rameshwar ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b   Childe, Stephen J ^c   Papadopoulos, Thanos ^d   Hazen, Benjamin T ^e   Roubaud, David ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Assimilation; Factor analysis; Institutional theory; Routinisation; Survey methods; Total quality management; Upper echelon theory

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; SURVEYS;

ACCEPTANCE; ASSIMILATION; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; ROUTINISATION; SURVEY METHODS; UPPER ECHELONS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85032688554     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1394590     Document Type: Article

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