... outsourcing engagements, the transfer of IT staff is very rare. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Strategic outsourcing Information technology Outsourcing Transition management IT offshoring IT outsourcing Governance The IT outsourcing industry has been growing for decades...

...Vathsala Wickramasinghe; Chandana De Silva Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore information technology (IT) professionals' perception towards shift‐based work pattern used by globally distributed software development (GDSD) firms in Sri Lanka, in terms of the effects of shift work...

... in this important area. Originality/value Environmental and social responsibility in global outsourcing has received little attention in academic research. This paper provides a starting point for further investigation of the role of sustainability in outsourcing. Outsourcing Information technology Energy...

... are at quite the other. The outsourcing of business and information technology (IT) services began in earnest around 1989, and ever since every view between these end points has been expressed, based on convincing, and sometimes more scanty, experiences and evidence. Here, we describe the evolution...