The unbundling of corporate functions: The evolution of shared services and outsourcing in human resource management

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1367-1396

  Gospel, Howard ^a   Sako, Mari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; OUTSOURCING; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 77952687293     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq002     Document Type: Article

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