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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...

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Main Authors:	Barley, Stephen R, Kunda, Gideon
Format:	eBook Book Publication
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford Princeton University Press 2004
Edition:	1
Subjects:	Account manager Accountant Business BUSINESS & ECONOMICS BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science Career Case studies Chairman Commodity Competition Consultant Customer Designer Downtime Economist Economy Electronic data processing consultants Electronic data processing consultants > United States Employability Employees Employment Employment agency Entrepreneurship Everyday life Expense General contractor H-1B visa High tech Human capital Human resources Income Independent contractor Independent contractors Independent contractors > United States Information services industry Information services industry > Employees > United States Information technology Information technology > Employees > United States Institution Job security Layoff Liminality Management & Organizational Behavior Manufacturing Marketing Markup (business) Microsoft Organization Overtime Part-time employment Part-time employment > United States Paycheck Payment Payroll Percentage Permanent employment Professional Professional association Project manager Project team Quality assurance Recession Recruitment Reputation Requirement Resentment Retirement Salary Self-employed Self-employed > United States Small business Social capital Sociology Software developer Staffing Startup company Supervisor System administrator Tax Technical writer Technology Temporary employees Temporary employees > United States Temporary work Unemployment United States Vendor Wage Workforce Workplace Competition Resentment Staffing Technical writer Customer Income Workforce Tax Institution Recruitment General contractor Quality assurance Technology Expense High tech Microsoft Supervisor Job security Account manager Workplace Unemployment Social capital Requirement Economist Permanent employment Payment Overtime Employment agency H-1B visa Professional Employability Paycheck Human resources Software developer Salary Liminality Project manager Organization Professional association Accountant Marketing Designer Payroll Commodity Economy Layoff Employment Sociology Reputation Manufacturing Retirement Wage Human capital Independent contractor Percentage Everyday life Temporary work Startup company Vendor Information technology System administrator Chairman Project team Small business Entrepreneurship Downtime Consultant Markup (business) Recession Career
ISBN:	9780691127958, 0691127956, 0691119430, 9780691119434, 1400841275, 9781400841271
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