HRM in business process outsourcing firms operating in India

The Changing Face of People Management in India

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 135-158

  Budhwar, Pawan S ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77649339914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203884867     Document Type: Chapter

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