Call Centres in India: An Eclectic Phenomenon in Global Human Resource Management

Labour and Industry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 39-57

  As Saber, Sharif N ^a   Holland, Peter ^a   Teicher, Julian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34047270027     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2004.10669293     Document Type: Article

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