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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 105–123 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | New Technology, Work and Employment |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 12 Sep 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2014 |
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Keywords
- call centres
- India
- BPO
- financial crisis
- intensification of work
- perfomance management
- labour process
- globalisation
- offshoring
- business processing outsourcing
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'From boom to where?' : The impact of crisis on work and employment in Indian BPO. / Taylor, Phil; D'Cruz, Premilla; Noronha, Ernesto; Scholarios, Dora.
In: New Technology, Work and Employment, Vol. 29, No. 2, 09.2014, p. 105–123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
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AU - Taylor, Phil
AU - D'Cruz, Premilla
AU - Noronha, Ernesto
AU - Scholarios, Dora
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - This article locates Indian Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) within the global supply chains of business services delivery and an international division of service labour. It acknowledges the BPO market’s essential dependence on demand from lead firms in the United States and United Kingdom. Drawing on a conceptual synthesis of the Global Commodity Chain (GCC), Global Value Chain (GVC) and Global Production Network (GPN) frameworks, the article examines the impact of 2008’s financial crisis on employment, work organisation and the experience of work in Indian BPO. Employer/industry sources and employee interviews, reveal reconfigured local labour market dynamics, tightened work discipline, an extensification of working time, work intensification and unprecedented growth in job insecurity. Such changed characteristics suggest a watershed which raises questions concerning the sustainability of models of BPO work constructed in pre-crisis years.
AB - This article locates Indian Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) within the global supply chains of business services delivery and an international division of service labour. It acknowledges the BPO market’s essential dependence on demand from lead firms in the United States and United Kingdom. Drawing on a conceptual synthesis of the Global Commodity Chain (GCC), Global Value Chain (GVC) and Global Production Network (GPN) frameworks, the article examines the impact of 2008’s financial crisis on employment, work organisation and the experience of work in Indian BPO. Employer/industry sources and employee interviews, reveal reconfigured local labour market dynamics, tightened work discipline, an extensification of working time, work intensification and unprecedented growth in job insecurity. Such changed characteristics suggest a watershed which raises questions concerning the sustainability of models of BPO work constructed in pre-crisis years.
KW - call centres
KW - India
KW - BPO
KW - financial crisis
KW - intensification of work
KW - perfomance management
KW - labour process
KW - globalisation
KW - offshoring
KW - business processing outsourcing
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-005X
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