Employee voice and collective formation in Indian ITES-BPO industry

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 37-46

  Taylor, Philip ^a   Noronha, Ernesto ^b   Scholarios, Dora ^a   D'Cruz, Premilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

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EID: 73649104720     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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