Organizational outsourcing and the implications for HRM

Human Resource Management: A Critical Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 92-112

  Haines, Richard ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84917486179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203876336     Document Type: Chapter

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