The impact of offshore outsourcing on IT workers in developed countries

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-94

  Shao, Benjamin B M ^a   David, Julie Smith ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES (MNC); OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING ARRANGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 33846702219     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1216016.1216026     Document Type: Article

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