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Focuses on new trends that have been identified for Canadian human resources (HR): the emergence of new roles for HR; new forms of partnerships, particularly in the labor‐management relations; globalizations in daily HR operations; work life issues; programs to tackle the shifting...
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Purpose – Outsourcing is gaining considerable popularity in the field of business services and management. The purpose … of this paper is to illustrate the practice of outsourcing human resource management (HRM) functions, such as training … stage of development, with limited credibility, while the customers lack the experience of managing outsourcing relations …
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Purpose – Since the mid‐1990s, offshore production has become increasingly important in white‐collar, service sector activities in the US economy. This development coincided with a stagnant gender wage gap in the service sector and a slowdown in the narrowing of the overall US gender wage...
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resource availability and resource needs, influence HR outsourcing. The study examines the subject of human resource (HR …) outsourcing. Design/methodology/approach – The potential influence of firms' characteristics on HR outsourcing is analysed … size and previous reorganization activities significantly raise the probability of an HR outsourcing. In contrast, there is …
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mode of operation of utilizing an established out‐sourcing firm. The studied organisation is a large telecommunication firm …/methodology/approach – Single illustrative case study testing the usefulness of the composite out‐sourcing decision framework decision making …, there are many cases where business processes may be outsourced or sub‐contracted. While out‐sourcing does, and will in the …
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Purpose – This paper focuses on how shared objects created by support departments in a software development firm facilitate the advancement of learning and knowledge sharing. Objects can be both facilitative and restrictive in certain ways, and the study seeks to enhance our understanding of...
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Mass customization is coming to the forefront of international supply chains, contributing to an increasing focus on postponement. Third‐party logistics providers, are targeting postponement applications as an extension of their service portfolios. Findings from a multi‐annual survey...
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Outsourcing affects thousands of companies and employees every year. Recent studies indicate that 85 per cent of all … companies outsource at least one function generating billions of dollars in outsourcing contracts (ElmutiElute, KathwalaKithara … & Monippallil, 1995). Transportation is one of outsourcing's biggest players. Many outsourcing attempts have proved unsuccessful and …
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This research explores the linkage between firms' outsourcing activities and the occurrence of supply chain disruptions … explore the overall environment of outsourcing and disruptions in supply chains in the automotive industry based upon a case … context in the automotive industry. The results indicate that there is a significant association between the outsourcing of …
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This article is based on two studies, partly financed by the Norwegian Research Council. The first study was carried out in six organizations cooperating in two supply chain alliances. The purpose of this study was to develop a set of hypotheses concerning logistics service providers and their...
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