Gendered hierarchies in transnational call centres in India

Work and Life in the Global Economy: A Gendered Analysis of Service Work

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 78-98

  Mirchandani, Kiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 85016885311     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230277977     Document Type: Chapter

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