Facebook Passwords: Employers Can’t Really Ask for Them!
The latest in the world of social media is that employers have been asking their employees to share their Facebook passwords. This has not only stirred a controversy but Facebook has warned employers that it may seek legal action against those who ask for others passwords. This is an issue that is very central to [...]
Madonna’s Gang Bang and Hypocrisy in Offshoring
Madonna’s latest video Gang Bang may never see the light of the day, so to speak. The video is not controversial at all for the censor board to disallow public consumption. However the title of the song has met with friend from the conservative group, which always seems to find problems with anything that is [...]
In Offshoring, Trust Need Not be a Sign of Weakness
Trust, they say is difficult to develop. I couldn’t agree more! They also say that trust is a sign of weakness, an I must say I agree to that as well. With such mistrust all around us, how on earth can we possibly trust our sensitive data and information with offshore employees and be at [...]
Trust and The Eternal Battle to Keep It
Trusting people isn’t easy. It requires a lot of effort and also a lot of will power. Trust can be broken easily but to build it requires a lot of effort. With that in mind, one needs to make sure that one puts every effort to place trust in people, especially our employers an employees. [...]
Offshoring May Create More Jobs than You Think!
It is hard to understand why people prefer not to outsource when there are several studies that support the process. It not only helps cut costs but also makes sure that people would not have to waste precious time on activities that could be done at a cheaper cost without exercising a lot of intellectual [...]
Managing Cultural Differences: Learn from the Pro!
If you have undertaken offshoring operations previously, you would know that one of the major setbacks is cultural differences. Cultural differences show up in the form of geographical, language and cultural differences from the home country and the offshore location. These differences may be seen as negative points by some but I believe these differences [...]
Offshoring Research: Multinationals and Domestic Employment of Inventors
Research offshoring is a topic that goes amiss in most offshoring related conversations. There have been numerous instances when companies have desired to employ inventors and researchers for developing innovation in their companies. When innovation is so important to companies it is only natural that recruiters seek out inventors abroad in order to fulfil their [...]
Service Offshoring and Skill Composition of Labour Demand
In an article that was published way back in April 2011, Rosario Crinò spoke about what service offshoring is, and how it is related to the skill composition of labour demand. It studies the effects of service offshoring on the skill composition of labour demand. The study made use of data from 9 Western European [...]
Effects of Tax Progression in a Segmented Labour Market and Offshoring
Silvia Rocha-Akis recently published a paper on the Social Science research Network entitled The Pain and Gain of Offshoring: The Effects of Tax Progression in a Segmented Labour Market. Just as it suggests, the paper examines the state of offshoring and what the pains and gains of the often hated term are. Turns out, there [...]
Offshoring May Increase Home Grown Jobs
Apparently, a lot of research points towards how offshoring high skill workers may create jobs back in the home country. This was supported by a growing number of research evidence which point at this hypothesis. A new study in the U.K. pointed at the possibility of workers being used interchangeably in the production of innovations. [...]
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