دانلود کتاب Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy

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Cover
Title
Copyrights
Contents
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
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