As organizations seek to reduce costs, there has been a growth in service sector offshoring and outsourcing, notably to developing countries. However, despite a burgeoning literature on this phenomenon, little attention has been given to the working and employment that exist in the growing number of
Offshoring and Working Conditions in Remote Work
β Scribed by Jon C. Messenger, Naj Ghosheh (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 304
- Series
- The International Labour Organization
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction....Pages 1-16
Remote Work from the Perspective of Developed Economies....Pages 17-59
Employee Dilemmas in the Indian ITESβBPO Sector....Pages 60-100
Offshored Work in Philippine BPOs....Pages 101-134
Remote Work in Brazil....Pages 135-161
Remote Work and Global Sourcing in Argentina....Pages 162-195
A Comparative Analysis of the Business Environment, Job Quality and Work Organization in Offshored Business Services....Pages 196-235
Conclusion....Pages 236-245
Back Matter....Pages 246-282
β¦ Subjects
International Business; Business Strategy/Leadership; Economics, general; International Economics; Organization
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