Global outsourcing: A different approach to an understanding of sport labour migration

Global Business Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-165

  Lee, Seungbum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete migration; Globalization; Outsourcing; Sport; Sport team

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954905131     PISSN: 09721509     EISSN: 09730664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097215091001100203     Document Type: Article

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