Houston, we've had a problem ... ... offshoring, IS employment and the IS discipline: Perception is not reality

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-372

  Hirschheim, Rudy ^a   Newman, Mike ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

IS discipline; IS employment; offshoring; outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649825768     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2010.23     Document Type: Review

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