process outsourcing (BPO). Design/methodology/approach: This paper utilises longitudinal case studies to identify …

season well underway in the U.S., the "outsourcing" of jobs from the developed to the developing world is again on the public … role apt to be played by such globalization-constitutive financial institutions as the IMF and the World Bank. In the long … with it other developed economies', participation in the World Trade Organization and processes of global economic …

globalization trends and brings out the extreme vulnerability of homeworkers. It also reviews past and present work in the field of …

This paper explores the effects of outsourcing on employee well-being through the use of the Finnish linked employer …-employee data. The direct negative effect of outsourcing is attributable to greater job destruction and worker outflow. In terms of … perceived well-being, the winners in international outsourcing are those who are capable of performing interactive tasks (i …

This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … employees' job satisfaction is reduced. However, the relationship between outsourcing and employee well-being is not entirely …

world countries. This case study reports on the quality of seafarer training and on the local enforcement of international …

insourcing and outsourcing, but once the world market reaches a threshold size, outsourcing prevails. We also derive a number of … manufacturing and product specificity of in-house production. In this framework, globalization can lead to alternating waves of …

proposes responses to the threat of lost jobs in Ireland due to the forces of globalization may offer useful insights for other … related to the globalization of jobs via offshoring. This is important to the IDA and to economic development practitioners in … other countries facing the loss of jobs to globalization and offshoring. …