Employee turnover in the business process outsourcing industry in India

Management Practices in High-Tech Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 110-132

  Ranganathan, Aruna ^a   Kuruvilla, Sarosh ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

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EID: 77957347618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-564-1.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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