Offshoring, exit and voice: Implications for organizational theory and practice

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-219

  Mir, Raza ^a   Mir, Ali ^a   Bapuji, Hari ^b  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Outsourcing; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547545314     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040710774996     Document Type: Article

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