SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION.

Schedule of share-based compensation expense

The following table presents total share-based compensation expense, which is a non-cash charge, included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Direct cost of services	$	676	$	19	$	2,053	$	66
Selling, general and administrative expense	2,881		684		8,430		4,913
Total share-based compensation expense	$	3,557	$	703	$	10,483	$	4,979

Schedule of weighted-average assumptions used and the weighted-average fair value per option granted

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
Expected life of stock option in years	7
Expected volatility	37%
Risk-free interest rate	1.85%
Dividend yield	2.3%
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$5.57