Collaborative IT offshoring relationships and professional role identities: Reflections from a field study

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-360

  Zimmermann, Angelika ^a   Ravishankar, M N ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Careers; IT offshoring; Professional role identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956217490     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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