Employee service abandonment in offshore operations: A case study of a US multinational in India

Journal of World Business

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-185

  Demirbag, Mehmet ^a   Mellahi, Kamel ^b   Sahadev, Sunil ^a   Elliston, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BPO; India; MNE; Offshore operations; Service abandonment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857232182     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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