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The information technology and business process (IT&BP) offshoring sector in Asia continues to experience internal challenges and pressures from the external environment that lead to employee attrition. Despite the many human resources (HR)‐related interventions and practices, there remains a considerable turnover rate, not just within individual firms but across the entire IT&BP offshoring industry. We therefore question the current state of HR management within the sector and review the literature from 2000 to 2020. Utilizing the antecedents, decisions, and outcomes (ADO) organizing framework, we synthesize the different HR practices, their antecedents, and their outcomes. Our synthesis enables us to identify areas for future research, guided by the ADO framework, such as strengthening the theoretical grounding for the investigation of HR practices, greater contextualization regarding Asian culture, and acknowledgement of recent and emerging trends. These avenues can both build knowledge and inform practice as to how to effectively manage HR in the IT&BP offshoring sector in Asia, thereby reducing the high employee attrition rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined structural changes in social network influences of recovering drug users. Anchored on the theory of social influences and social network, recovering drug users' social network interactions were mapped out using social network analysis (SNA). This study utilized exploratory sequential mixed method design. A focused group discussion (n = 12) using the name generator approach was conducted to develop a survey of the recovering drug users' social network influences. This survey was administered preand post-community-based drug rehabilitation (n = 52). Results of the SNA show that members of the drug users' immediate families, their friends, and their neighborhoods were significant influencers in their social network. This study also found structural changes in the social network influence post-drug intervention. There was a significant reduction in the use and mobilization of network provisions with negative influences (i.e., stigma, maltreatment, financial aid, experiences of abandonment, carrying burdens). Participants also reported a significant increase in their recovery capital and a decrease in substance use disorder symptoms over time. As community-based programs gain wider acceptance, policy makers and interventionists should consider the dynamics of social network structure and influences when designing drug rehabilitation and aftercare programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]