It offshoring and American labor

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 962-982

  Aspray, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational responses; Information technology; Labor; Offshoring; Political responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549094149     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209356232     Document Type: Article

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