Software work in India: A labour process view

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 162-189

  Vigneswara Ilavarasan, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

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EID: 84921596602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203152003     Document Type: Chapter

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