Making the decision to outsource human resources

Personnel Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-252

  Woodall, Jean ^a   Scott Jackson, William ^b   Newham, Timothy ^c   Gurney, Melanie ^d  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Think Associates   (United Kingdom)

^d Erinaceous Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Outsourcing; Subcontracting; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649311849     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480910943313     Document Type: Article

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