How Long to Read Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies

How Long Does it Take to Read Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies by Stephen R. Barley

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

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 grown exponentially, especially in high-technology areas. Yet almost nothing is known about contracting or about the people who do it. This book seeks to break the silence. Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies 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. Based on a year of field work in three staffing agencies, life histories with over seventy contractors and studies of workers in some of America's best known firms, the book dismantles the myths of temporary employment and offers instead a grounded description of how contracting works. Engagingly written, it goes beyond rhetoric to examine why contractors leave permanent employment, why managers hire them, and how staffing agencies operate. Barley and Kunda paint a richly layered portrait of contract professionals. Readers learn how contractors find jobs, how agents negotiate, and what it is like to shoulder the risks of managing one's own "employability." The authors illustrate how the reality of flexibility often differs substantially from its promise. Viewing the knowledge economy in terms of organizations and markets is not enough, Barley and Kunda conclude. Rather, occupational communities and networks of skilled experts are what grease the skids of the high-tech, "matrix economy" where firms become way stations in the flow of expertise.

How long is Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies?

Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies by Stephen R. Barley is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies aloud.

What Reading Level is Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies?

Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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