Externalizing the workforce: Australian trends and issues for HRM

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-20

  Hartmann, Linley ^a   Patrickson, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Homeworking; Human resource management; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342618718     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720010319426     Document Type: Article

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