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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876652103321

Autore

Benner Chris

Titolo

Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Wiley Blackwell Imprint, 2002

ISBN

0-470-69616-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 293 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Information Age series

Disciplina

331.12/51004/0979473

Soggetti

Labor market - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)

Manpower policy - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)

Job security - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)

Employment agencies - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Flexibility and the Transformation of Work and Employment -- 1. Understanding Flexibility -- 2. Silicon Valley: Changing Industry Structure and Employment Practices -- pt. II. Flexibility and Intermediaries -- 3. Flexibility and Intermediation -- 4. Labor Market Intermediaries -- Private Sector -- 5. Labor Market Intermediaries -- Membership-based -- 6. Labor Market Intermediaries -- Public Sector -- pt. III. Flexibility and Careers -- 7. Careers in Silicon Valley -- 8. Flexibility and Security --.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labour markets in Silicon Valley. It provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labour.