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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
 
Our share-based compensation arrangements include grants of stock options, restricted stock awards and deferred stock units under the StarTek, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, certain awards granted outside of these plans and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The compensation expense that has been charged against income for stock option awards and restricted stock for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and was $462 and $864 and for the three and six months ended June 20, 2013 was $391 and $857, respectively, and is included in selling, general and administrative expense.  As of June 30, 2014, there was $1,976 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.0 years.