Human resource issues in outsourcing: Integrating research and practice

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 501-523

  Fisher, Sandra L ^a   Wasserman, Michael E ^a   Wolf, Paige P ^b   Wears, Katherine Hannan ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Legal issues employment law; Strategic human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549121422     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20229     Document Type: Article

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