Whistleblowing towards quality

The TQM Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 166-171

  Vinten, Gerald ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disasters; Ethics; Higher education; Human resource management; Total quality management; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISASTERS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ETHICS; HIGHER EDUCATION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WHISTLEBLOWING;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 9344252837     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780010320223     Document Type: Article

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