The globalization of service work: comparative institutional perspectives on call centers introduction to a special issue of the industrial &iabor relations review

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-488

  Batt, Rosemary ^a,d   Holman, David ^b   Holtgrewe, Ursula ^c  

^a and History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c FORBA (Forschungs und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt)   (Austria)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 68149162465     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390906200401     Document Type: Review

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