The uses and abuses of time: Globalization and time arbitrage in India's outsourcing industries

Global Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-40

  Nadeem, Shehzad ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Call centres; Globalization; India; It industry; Outsourcing; Time; Time arbitrage; Work

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTSOURCING;

CALL CENTRES; GLOBALIZATION; INDIA; IT INDUSTRY; TIME; TIME ARBITRAGE; WORK;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CALL CENTER; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTSOURCING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57549091638     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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