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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 transnational temporary agency.
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About the author
CHRISTINA GARSTEN is Professor and Chair at the Department of Social Anthropology and Research Director at Score, Stockholm University. Her research interests lie in the anthropology of organizations and markets, with a focus on transnational processes.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Workplace Vagabonds
Book Subtitle: Career and Community in Changing Worlds of Work
Authors: Christina Garsten
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230227460
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-1758-4Published: 29 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51347-5Published: 05 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-22746-0Published: 29 August 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 173
Topics: Management, Organization, Human Resource Management, Labor Economics