04864nam 2200877 a 450 991045885410332120200520144314.097866132910111-283-29101-01-4008-4127-510.1515/9781400841271(CKB)1000000000380988(EBL)784522(OCoLC)757261047(SSID)ssj0000636168(PQKBManifestationID)11415597(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000636168(PQKBWorkID)10653730(PQKB)10221124(SSID)ssj0000648930(PQKBManifestationID)12264645(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000648930(PQKBWorkID)10600597(PQKB)11659616(MiAaPQ)EBC784522(DE-B1597)447151(OCoLC)1054880972(OCoLC)979577690(DE-B1597)9781400841271(PPN)195537580sudoc(PPN)187958769(Au-PeEL)EBL784522(CaPaEBR)ebr10503251(CaONFJC)MIL329101(EXLCZ)99100000000038098820031210d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGurus, hired guns, and warm bodies[electronic resource] itinerant experts in a knowlege economy /Stephen R. Barley and Gideon KundaCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20041 online resource (353 p.)Second printing and first paperback printing, 2006.0-691-12795-6 0-691-11943-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-332) and index.pt. 1. Setting the stage -- pt. 2. Life in the market -- pt. 3. Life on the job -- pt. 4. Living the cycle.Over the last several decades, employers have increasingly replaced permanent employees with temporary workers and independent contractors to cut labor costs and enhance flexibility. Although commentators have focused largely on low-wage temporary work, the use of skilled contractors has also grown exponentially, especially in high-technology areas. Yet almost nothing is known about contracting or about the people who do it. This book seeks to break the silence. Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies tells the story of how the market for temporary professionals operates from the perspective of the contractors who do the work, the managers who employ them, the permanent employees who work beside them, and the staffing agencies who broker deals. Based on a year of field work in three staffing agencies, life histories with over seventy contractors and studies of workers in some of America's best known firms, the book dismantles the myths of temporary employment and offers instead a grounded description of how contracting works. Engagingly written, it goes beyond rhetoric to examine why contractors leave permanent employment, why managers hire them, and how staffing agencies operate. Barley and Kunda paint a richly layered portrait of contract professionals. Readers learn how contractors find jobs, how agents negotiate, and what it is like to shoulder the risks of managing one's own "employability." The authors illustrate how the reality of flexibility often differs substantially from its promise. Viewing the knowledge economy in terms of organizations and markets is not enough, Barley and Kunda conclude. Rather, occupational communities and networks of skilled experts are what grease the skids of the high-tech, "matrix economy" where firms become way stations in the flow of expertise.Information services industryEmployeesUnited StatesCase studiesInformation technologyEmployeesUnited StatesCase studiesElectronic data processing consultantsUnited StatesCase studiesIndependent contractorsUnited StatesCase studiesSelf-employedUnited StatesCase studiesTemporary employeesUnited StatesCase studiesPart-time employmentUnited StatesCase studiesElectronic books.Information services industryEmployeesInformation technologyEmployeesElectronic data processing consultantsIndependent contractorsSelf-employedTemporary employeesPart-time employment331.2Barley Stephen R1045612Kunda Gideon1952-123996MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458854103321Gurus, hired guns, and warm bodies2472040UNINA00915nam a2200241 i 450099100038530970753620020503175833.0941115s1992 it ita b10069768-39ule_instLE02515075ExLFac. Economiaita338.40945Albrecht, Karl290770Al servizio del cliente interno e esterno /Karl Albrecht ; presentazione di Marco RaimondiTorino :ISEDI,1992xv, 242 p. ;25 cmImprese manifatturiereServizi.b1006976816-07-1827-06-02991000385309707536LE025 ECO 338.4 ALB04.0112025000024533le025Catalogato 2018-E0.00-l- 03330.i1007859927-06-02Al servizio del cliente interno e esterno194813UNISALENTOle02501-01-94ma -itait 0100945nam a2200253 i 450099100268018970753620021217151028.0011120s1996 it 000 0 ita b13563816-39ule_instLE00300441ExLDip.to Biologiaeng660.622Alberghini, Lilia626190Biotecnologie e Bioindustria /Lilia Alberghini, Enrico CerniaTorino :UTET,c1996vii, 96 p. :ill. ;25 cmBiotechnologyCernia, Enricoauthorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut78233.b1356381611-10-1123-07-07991002680189707536LE003 660.6 ALB01.01 (1996)12003000077025le003-E0.00-l- 011210.i1452080123-07-07Biotecnologie e Bioindustria1463351UNISALENTOle00301-01-01ma -itait 00