Offshoring satisfaction: The role of partnership credibility and cultural complementarity

Journal of World Business

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-93

  Clampit, Jack ^a   Kedia, Ben ^b   Fabian, Frances ^b   Gaffney, Nolan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded reliability; Cultural friction; Offshoring; Partnership credibility; Stage based offshoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919648188     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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