Appropriating identity or cultivating capital? Global english in offshoring service industries

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-20

  Sonntag, Selma K ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; English; Globalization; India; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349120865     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/awr.2005.26.1.13     Document Type: Article

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