Human resource management and the permeable organization: The case of the multi-client call centre

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1199-1222

  Rubery, Jill ^a   Carroll, Marilyn ^b   Cooke, Fang Lee ^b   Grugulis, Irena ^b   Earnshaw, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 8744277825     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2004.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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