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The Next Available Operator: Managing Human Resources in Indian Business Process Outsourcing Industry

The Next Available Operator: Managing Human Resources in Indian Business Process Outsourcing Industry


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About the Book

India, often referred to as the ‘electronic housekeeper of the world’, is home to the largest number of offshored call centres. This makes it very important to understand how BPO providers in India manage their human resources. The key message from recent empirical studies on Indian call centres/BPO is that human resources are at once the greatest strength and the greatest challenge confronting this new industry. Many of these studies are, however, based more on polemics and managerial rhetoric as opposed to the systematic empirical investigation of the employment relationship. This first-of-its-kind compilation intends to fill this vital gap by advancing evidence-based understandings of the issues, challenges and strategies confronting human resource management (HRM) in the Indian call centre/BPO sector. It features empirical research and conceptual advances, presented by well-known academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world and captures the voices of key stakeholders. Apart from presenting a front-line picture of employment relations and HRM in India, this book also provides the stakeholders’ perspectives by focusing on the motives, strategic opportunities and constraints confronting management practitioners, trade unions and employees. The Next Available Operator: Managing Human Resources in Indian Business Process Outsourcing Industry also investigates the similarities and differences between Indian call centres and those located in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. This volume is a must read for management practitioners, students and academics who seek a comprehensive understanding of HRM in Indian call centres.

Table of Contents:
Introduction - Mohan Thite and Bob Russell PART I: INDIAN PERSPECTIVES An Overview of the Indian Contact Centre Industry - Catriona Wallace Human Resource Management in Indian Call Centres / Business Process Outsourcing - Mohan Thite and Bob Russell Work Processes and Emerging Problems in Indian Call Centres - Pawan Budhwar, Neeru Malhotra and Virender Singh Transnationalism in Indian Call Centres - Kiran Mirchandani PART II: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES A Practitioner′s Perspective on the Indian Info-services Industry - Nandita Gurjar Union Formation in Indian Call Centres - Phil Taylor, Premilla d′Cruz, Ernesto Noronha and Dora Scholarios Outsourcing Careers: Western Theories in an Indian Context - Laurie Cohen, Amal El-Sawad and John Arnold PART III: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES Employment Systems in Call Centres in the United States and India - Rosemary Batt, Virginia Doellgast and Hyunji Kwon Managing Work and Employment in Australian and Indian Call Centres - Bob Russell and Mohan Thite Strategic Human Resource Management in Outsourced Call Centres in India and Canada - Wendy Carroll and Terry Wagar Index

About the Author :
Mohan Thite is an Associate Professor in Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He has a multi-disciplinary, multi-industry and multi-national career profile in academia and industry, spanning over 30 years. His research interests include Strategic human resource management, Digital HRM/ e-HRM/ Human resource information systems, international HRM and Global mobility and management of skilled talent in high-technology sectors. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of South Asian Journal of HRM, published by Sage. He has published five books and over 100 book chapters, journal articles in esteemed journals, research reports and conference papers. Bob Russell is Associate Professor at Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of books on industrial relations in Canada and work transformation in the mining industry. Currently he is conducting research on call centres, information and globalisation. This material has appeared in Australian and international journals including the Journal of Industrial Relations, Work, Employment and Society and New Technology, Work and Employment. Bob is currently completing another single-authored book on info-service work.

Review :
The interesting reference material at the end of the each chapter, and the elaborate indexing, are highlights that make this book a valuable reading ‘material’. Students of HR and related fields would find it useful.           


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788178299327
  • Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 340
  • Sub Title: Managing Human Resources in Indian Business Process Outsourcing Industry
  • Width: 139 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8178299321
  • Publisher Date: 05 Jan 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 420 gr


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