Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley
Apr 2008 · John Wiley & Sons
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312
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About this ebook
This book contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley. It provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations.
- Contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley.
- Provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations.
- Examines the increasingly important role of labor market intermediaries.
- Shows that some workers clearly thrive in this vibrant context, but many face high levels of insecurity admist growing inquality.
About the author
Chris Benner is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the Pennsylvania State University and a Research Associate at both the Sociology of Work Program at the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa) and the Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has written extensively on workforce development and training systems, labor flexibility, non-standard employment, employment insecurity, regional development policy, dynamics of occupational learning networks, and new forms of labor organizing. His publications have appeared in a range of both academic journals and more popular outlets. He received his doctorate in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.
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