New human resource management practices in knowledge-intensive business services firms: The case of outsourcing with staff transfer

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1521-1550

  Grimshaw, Damian ^a   Miozzo, Marcela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employment; human resource management (HRM); interorganizational; knowledge intensive business services (KIBS); outsourcing; staff transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949089785     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709336498     Document Type: Article

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