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Stretchwork: Managing the career progression paradox in external labor markets

Article Abstract:

The way in which contract workers try to achieve career progression without the benefit of organizational guidance is examined. Four tactics used to acquire stretchwork are identified, the conditions affecting those tactics are explored and implications for further understanding of career progression in labor markets that are external are offered.

United States, Labor force information, Employment, Growth, Contract labor, Company growth, Contract labour

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Network strategies and performance of Canadian investment banks

Article Abstract:

The implications that a firm's specialization has for the performance, the firm achieves by spanning structural holes between its partners are studied. An analysis suggests that the ability of firms to benefit from their positions within open networks is dependent upon the firms' levels of specialization.

Canada, Management dynamics, Investment Offices, Investment Companies, Open-End Investment Funds, Investment Funds & Trusts, Management, Evaluation, Company business management, Business networks (Social groups)

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The emergence of governance in an open source community

Article Abstract:

A study examined the method of self-governance among small communities producing collective goods, focusing on an open source software community. Results revealed that a combination of bureaucratic and democratic practices facilitated its governance system.

Organizational research, Report

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