HR sourcing and shoring: Strategies, drivers, success factors and implications for HR

International Human Resource Management: A European Perspective: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 39-66

  Sparrow, Paul ^a,b   Braun, Werner ^b  

^a Centre for Performance led HRM   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911085880     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891391     Document Type: Chapter

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