Outsourcing decisions: Evidence from Australia-based enterprises

International Labour Review

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-73

  Benson, John ^a   Ieronimo, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOUR MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; OUTSOURCING; WORK ORGANISATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030449272     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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