Gurus, hired guns, and warm bodies : itinerant experts in a knowledge economy / Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda.
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Barley, Stephen R. (författare)
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Kunda, Gideon, 1952- (författare)
- ISBN 0691119430
- Publicerad: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 2004
- Engelska 342 s.
- Relaterad länk:
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http://www.loc.gov/c... (Table of contents only)
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http://www.loc.gov/c... (Contributor biographical information)
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http://www.loc.gov/c... (Publisher description)
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Preface -- Chapter 1: Unlikely Rebels -- Itinerant Experts -- The Unraveling of Permanent Employment -- The Legal Context of Contingent Work -- Estimating the Size of the Contingent Workforce -- Making Sense of Contingent Work -- The Study -- Organization of the Book -- Part I: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 2: Clients -- Why Do Clients Hire Contractors? -- How Do Clients Hire Contractors? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Contractors -- Why Do Contractors Become Contractors? -- What Kinds of Contractors Are There? -- The Roles Contractors Play for Clients -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Agencies -- Sales Culture and Technical Culture -- What Types of Staffing Agencies Are There? -- Conclusion -- Part II: Life in the Market -- Chapter 5: The Information Game: Finding Deals -- What Contractors Do -- What Clients Do -- What Staffing Agencies Do -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Making the Deal -- Hiring Manager Evaluations -- Negotiating the Terms of Employment -- Closing Deals -- Conclusion -- Part III: Life on the Job -- Chapter 7: Contractors as Commodities -- Maintaining a Task Orientation -- Delegating Management Responsibilities -- Creating Outsiders -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Contractors as Experts -- Integration: Creating Team Members -- Dependence -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Navigating between Respect and Resentment -- Tales of Respect -- Tales of Resentment -- Forming an Identity -- Part IV: Living the Cycle -- Chapter 10: Temporal Capital -- The Temporal Patterns of Contracting -- The Rhetoric and Reality of Flexibility -- Chapter 11: Building and Maintaining Human Capital -- The Danger of Obsolescence -- The Risks of Learning -- Strategies for Remaining Current -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Building and Maintaining Social Capital -- Reach -- Reputation and Occupational Circles -- Reciprocity and Referral Cliques -- Networking: Building and Maintaining Networks -- Chapter 13: Itinerant Professionals in a Knowledge Economy -- Itinerant Experts: The Contracting Life -- The Ambiguities of Self-Reliance -- Itinerant Experts and the Social Order -- The Occupational Dimension -- Supporting Itinerant Professionalism -- Epilogue -- References -- Appendix: Cast of Characters -- Index
Ämnesord
- Anställda (sao)
- Information services industry -- Employees -- United States -- Case studies (LCSH)
- Information technology -- Employees -- United States -- Case studies (LCSH)
- Electronic data processing consultants -- United States -- Case studies (LCSH)
- Independent contractors -- United States -- Case studies (LCSH)
- Self-employed -- United States -- Case studies (LCSH)
- Temporary employees -- United States -- Case studies (LCSH)
- Part-time employment -- United States -- Case studies (LCSH)
- Informationsteknik (albt)
- Konsulttjänster (albt)
- Självanställning (albt)
- Tillfällig anställning (albt)
- Deltidsarbete (albt)
- Fallstudier (albt)
- Information services industry (albt)
- Information technology (albt)
- Electronic data processing consultants (albt)
- Independent contractors (albt)
- Self-employed (albt)
- Temporary employees (albt)
- Part-time employment (albt)
- Informationsteknik (albt)
- Konsulttjänster (albt)
- Självanställning (albt)
- Tillfällig anställning (albt)
- Deltidsarbete (albt)
- Fallstudier (albt)
- Informationsteknik -- Förenta staterna (sao)
- Konsulter -- Förenta staterna (sao)
- Egenföretagare -- Förenta staterna (sao)
- Deltidsarbete -- Förenta staterna (sao)
- Employees (LCSH)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- Ohad-qa Arbetstid: Förenta staterna
- Ohaf-qa Särskilda grupper av arbetstagare: Förenta staterna
- Qba Företagsorganisation, företagsformer, företagsledning
Klassifikation
- HD8039.I372 (LCC)
- 331.2 (DDC)
- Ohad-qa (kssb/7)
- Ohaf-qa (kssb/7)
- Qba (kssb/7)
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