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

by Gideon Kunda (Author), StephenRBarley (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $55.64

  Tells the story of how the market for temporary professionals operates from the perspective of the contractors who do the work, the managers who employ them, the permanent employees who work beside them, and the staffing agencies who broker deals. This book illustrates how the reality of flexibility often differs substantially from its promise.