LEADER 04222nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910789823503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6038-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801460388 035 $a(CKB)2670000000080967 035 $a(EBL)3138210 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484497 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311697 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484497 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594618 035 $a(PQKB)10879490 035 $a(OCoLC)966938672 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51783 035 $a(DE-B1597)478232 035 $a(OCoLC)979880977 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801460388 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138210 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10469050 035 $a(OCoLC)721364900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138210 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000080967 100 $a20100408d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreelancing expertise$b[electronic resource] $econtract professionals in the new economy /$fDebra Osnowitz 210 $aIthaca $cILR Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 225 1 $aCollection on technology and work 225 1 $aCornell paperbacks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8014-4936-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTwo occupations with divided labor markets -- Assessing options, making choices -- Performing expertise -- Managing marginality -- Collegial networking, occupational control -- Extra-organizational careers -- Work relations reconsidered. 330 $aContract work is more important than ever-for better or for worse, depending on one's perspective. The security once implied by a full-time job with a stable employer is becoming rarer, thereby erasing one of the major distinctions between "freelance work" and a "steady gig." Why hang on to a regular job for the sake of security if security can no longer be assumed? Instead, contractors, hired temporarily for specific knowledge and skills, market their expertise as they move from project to project. Even though their employment is precarious, a great many consider freelancing preferable to holding a "regular" job: the control they feel over their time and careers is well worth the risks that come with relatively uncertain cash flow. Freelancing Expertise is a qualitative study of decision making, work practices, and occupational processes among writers and editors who work in print and Web communications and programmers and engineers who work in software and systems development. Debra Osnowitz conducted sixty-eight extended interviews with representatives of both groups and twelve interviews with managers and recruiters, observed four different work settings in which contractors work alongside employees, and monitored blogs and online discussions among contractors. As a result, she provides a unique and sensitive assessment of a cultural shift in occupations and organizations.Osnowitz calls for a reconfiguration of the employer/employee relationship that accepts more variation and flexibility: just as "freelancing" has, over time, taken on many traits considered characteristic of traditional career paths, so might regular jobs make themselves more appealing to today's workforce by mimicking some of the positive aspects of transactions between clients and contract workers. 410 0$aCollection on technology and work. 410 0$aCornell paperbacks. 606 $aSelf-employed$zUnited States 606 $aIndependent contractors$zUnited States 606 $aConsultants$zUnited States 606 $aProfessional employees$zUnited States 606 $aTemporary employment$zUnited States 615 0$aSelf-employed 615 0$aIndependent contractors 615 0$aConsultants 615 0$aProfessional employees 615 0$aTemporary employment 676 $a658/.041 700 $aOsnowitz$b Debra$01472008 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789823503321 996 $aFreelancing expertise$93684591 997 $aUNINA