Externalizing the core: Firms' use of employment intermediaries in the information and communication technology industries

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-264

  Nesheim, Torstein ^a   Olsen, Karen M ^a   Kalleberg, Arne L ^b  

^a Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 34250863811     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20159     Document Type: Review

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