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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION	6 Months Ended
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION	Jun. 30, 2016
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 and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The compensation expense that has been charged against income for such awards for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 was $336 and $825, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 was $417 and $913, and is included in selling, general and administrative expenses. As of June 30, 2016, there was $1,087 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.01 years.