Economic development strategies and macro- and micro-level human resource policies: The case of India's "outsourcing" industry

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-72

  Kuruvilla, Sarosh ^a   Ranganathan, Aruna ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 58149093855     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390806200103     Document Type: Article

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