LEADER 04824nam 2200865 a 450 001 9910784622303321 005 20230908165449.0 010 $a9786613291011 010 $a1-283-29101-0 010 $a1-4008-4127-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400841271 035 $a(CKB)1000000000380988 035 $a(EBL)784522 035 $a(OCoLC)757261047 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000636168 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415597 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000636168 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10653730 035 $a(PQKB)10221124 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000648930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12264645 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000648930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10600597 035 $a(PQKB)11659616 035 $a(DE-B1597)447151 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880972 035 $a(OCoLC)979577690 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400841271 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784522 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10503251 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329101 035 $z(PPN)195537580 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784522 035 $a(PPN)187958769 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000380988 100 $a20031210d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGurus, hired guns, and warm bodies$b[electronic resource] $eitinerant experts in a knowledge economy /$fStephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aSecond printing and first paperback printing, 2006. 311 $a0-691-12795-6 311 $a0-691-11943-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-332) and index. 327 $apt. 1. Setting the stage -- pt. 2. Life in the market -- pt. 3. Life on the job -- pt. 4. Living the cycle. 330 $aOver 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. 606 $aInformation services industry$xEmployees$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aInformation technology$xEmployees$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aElectronic data processing consultants$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aIndependent contractors$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aSelf-employed$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aTemporary employees$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aPart-time employment$zUnited States$vCase studies 615 0$aInformation services industry$xEmployees 615 0$aInformation technology$xEmployees 615 0$aElectronic data processing consultants 615 0$aIndependent contractors 615 0$aSelf-employed 615 0$aTemporary employees 615 0$aPart-time employment 676 $a331.2 700 $aBarley$b Stephen R$01536953 701 $aKunda$b Gideon$f1952-$0123996 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784622303321 996 $aGurus, hired guns, and warm bodies$93786006 997 $aUNINA