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Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy

by Stephen R. Barley (Author), Gideon Kunda (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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Clothed in a light blue T-shirt and chinos, Kent Cox revealed nothing to suggest that he was in the vanguard of an employment revolt that was spreading quietly across America's industrial landscape.

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  1. Stephen R. Barley (Author)
  2. Gideon Kunda (Author)

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