Introduction to the special section on examining international outsourcing: Perspectives, practices, and projections

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-84

  St Amant, Kirk ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge based work; Offshoring; Out sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250168684     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2007.897578     Document Type: Editorial

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