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Workplace Vagabonds: Career and Community in Changing Worlds of Work 1st ed. 2008 Edition
Author(s): C. Garsten (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: March 1, 2016
- Edition: 1st ed. 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 181 pages
- ISBN-10: 1349513466
- ISBN-13: 9781349513468
Book Description
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.
