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Then, the outsourcing needs are analyzed against the characteristics of the companies such as company size, operating environment, culture and information technology maturity. Lastly, integrated business process outsourcing (BPO) service models are developed according to the characteristics of the company.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>To fulfil the objective of this research, the questionnaire is used to assess the outsourcing needs of the companies. The data collected by questionnaire are analyzed against the characteristics of the companies. Then integrated BPO service models are developed based on the analysis of the questionnaire data and the interviews with HR managers. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study suggests BPO service industry with two different service models: partially integrated model where e\u2010recruiting and e\u2010learning are integrated and fully integrated model where all of the HR\u2010subprocesses are integrated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>As BPO is expected to be booming in the next few years, this study helps BPO service industry to better serve SMEs in the area of human resource management.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/14637150710823165","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,15]],"date-time":"2007-09-15T07:04:16Z","timestamp":1189839856000},"page":"694-706","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["HR BPO service models for small and medium enterprises"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Gyeung\u2010Min","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Hyun","family":"Jung Won","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022012419443097400_b14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Abraham, K. and Taylor, S. 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