The end of the road, no more walking in dead men shoes: IT professionals&apos; experience of being outsourced to the private sector

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Ghobadian, A., D. Gallear, H. Viney, & N. O'Regan (2007) ‘Public Sector Performance Improvement through Private Sector Management Practices: A Satisfactory Solution?’ International Journal of Business Performance Management , Vol 9, No 4:363–379
Grimshaw, D. S. Vincent & H. Willmott (2002) ‘Going Privately: Partnership and Outsourcing in UK Public Services’, Public Administration , Vol 80, No 3: 475–502
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Persaud, J. (2001) ‘Does the Private Sector Believe that Work-Life Balance is for Wimps?’, Human Resources :38–45
Ranger, S. (2005) ‘The 11 Companies that Run 80 per cent of Government IT: Whitehall Tries to Get Smaller Businesses a Piece of the Action’, Silicon.Com. Accessed on August 15, 2008 from http://www.Silicon.Com/Publicsector/0,3800010403,39153684,00.htm
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[1] Ahmad, Y. & M. Broussine (2003) ‘The UK Public Sector Modernisation Agenda’, Public Management Review , Vol 5 No 1:45–62

[2] Cartwright, S. (1998) ‘International Mergers and Acquisitions: Issues and Challenges’ in C. Gertsen, M. Soderberg & J.E. Torp (eds) Cultural Dimensions of International Mergers and Acquisitions , Walter De Gruyter:5–14

[3] CBI (2004) ‘CBI Sees Growing Pressure to Off-Shore as Emerging Economies Compete for Jobs’, News Release, London, Confederation of British Industry, November 8

[4] Flecker, J. (2007) ‘Going Private’ in J. Flecker et al., (eds), Restructuring across Value Chains and Changes in Work and Employment: Case Study Evidence from the Clothing, Food, IT and Public Sector : 85–103, WORKS Project report, Leuven: HIVA

[5] Ghobadian, A., D. Gallear, H. Viney, & N. O'Regan (2007) ‘Public Sector Performance Improvement through Private Sector Management Practices: A Satisfactory Solution?’ International Journal of Business Performance Management , Vol 9, No 4:363–379

[6] Grimshaw, D. S. Vincent & H. Willmott (2002) ‘Going Privately: Partnership and Outsourcing in UK Public Services’, Public Administration , Vol 80, No 3: 475–502

[7] Heath, N. (2008) ‘Gov't Stung by “Rip-Off” Outsourcing Deals’, Silicon.Com. Accessed on August 15, 2008 from http://www.Silicon.Com/Publicsector/0,3800010403,39182874,00.htm.

[8] Holtgrewe, U. P. & Meil (2007) ‘Bringing Research to the Market. IT Research & Development’, in Flecker, J. et al., (eds), Restructuring across Value Chains and Changes in Work and Employment: Case Study Evidence from the Clothing, Food, IT and Public Sector :31–44, WORKS Project report, Leuven: HIVA

[9] House, D. & D. Watson (1995) Managing Change, Human Resource Management in Higher and Further Education , Maidenhead: Open University Press

[10] Huws, U. & S. Dahlmann (2007) ‘Sunset in the West: Outsourcing Editorial Work from the UK to India’, in Huws (ed) The Spark in the Engine: Creative Workers in a Global Economy, Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation , Vol 1, No 1:59–75

[11] Itlett, D. (2006) ‘Can SMEs Compete for Government Contracts?’, Silicon.Com, Accessed on August 15, 2008 from Http://www.Silicon.Com/Publicsector/0,3800010403,39159965,00.htm.

[12] UNCTAD (2004) World Investment Report 2004: the Shift towards Services , New York and Geneva

[13] Persaud, J. (2001) ‘Does the Private Sector Believe that Work-Life Balance is for Wimps?’, Human Resources :38–45

[14] Ranger, S. (2005) ‘The 11 Companies that Run 80 per cent of Government IT: Whitehall Tries to Get Smaller Businesses a Piece of the Action’, Silicon.Com. Accessed on August 15, 2008 from http://www.Silicon.Com/Publicsector/0,3800010403,39153684,00.htm

[15] Valenduc, G. & P. Vendramin (2007) ‘WORKS Occupational Case Studies: Synthesis Report and Comparative Analysis’ , WORKS Project Report, Leuven: HIVA. Accessed on October 1, 2008 from on www.worksproject.be