Another Viewpoint on Turnover in Offshoring

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Another Viewpoint on Turnover in Offshoring

Posted December 5, 2007 | Leadership | Leadership |

In the last Advisor (see "Current Offshoring Challenges," 21 November 2007), Phil Zweig examined the results of Cutter's recent survey on offshoring, which found that turnover in offshore staff was identified as a challenge by 30% of the respondents [1]. In his article, Phil makes many good observations about the severity of this issue and why we'd expect it to cause problems for clients.

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Stephen Hawk

Stephen Hawk is Professor of MIS in the School of Business and Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. His recent publications include articles on IT workforce trends, offshore software development, the software industry in Russia,e-commerce in developing countries, and MIS curriculum issues. His current research includes a project funded by the Sloan Foundation on Business Models of IT Offshoring that involved numerous visits and… Read More

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Another Viewpoint on Turnover in Offshoring

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