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Workplace Vagabonds : Career and Community in Changing Worlds of Work /

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What does 'being flexible' mean in practice? What can the move towards flexible work contracts tell us about organizational change in general and about changing forms of workplace governance and control in particular? This book engages with transforming notions of career and community at a...

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Main Author: Garsten, Christina (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Business and Management.
Human Resource Management.
Labor Economics.
Management.
Organization.
Business.
Labor economics.
Personnel management.
Planning.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:What does 'being flexible' mean in practice? What can the move towards flexible work contracts tell us about organizational change in general and about changing forms of workplace governance and control in particular? This book engages with transforming notions of career and community at a transnational temporary agency.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 173 pages)
ISBN:9780230227460
DOI:10.1057/9780230227460