When subordinates become it contractors: Persistent managerial expectations in IT outsourcing

Information Systems Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-86

  Ho, Violet T ^a   Ang, Soon ^a   Straub, Detmar ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Changing Employment Status; Contract Workers; Contractor Performance; IT Outsourcing; Persistent Expectations; Role Overload; Strength of Ties

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DATA ACQUISITION; EMPLOYMENT; OUTSOURCING;

CONTRACT WORKERS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0038640472     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.14.1.66.14764     Document Type: Article

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