Management of culture and managing through culture in the Indian software outsourcing industry

In an Outpost of the Global Economy: Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-135

  Upadhya, Carol ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

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EID: 84921567599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203152003     Document Type: Chapter

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