Changes in employment relationships have diminished the degree to which internal labor
markets shape careers. Using comparative field studies, we examine how contract workers …

This article challenges prevailing views about the collapse of the New Deal industrial
relations system and the role of the market. It argues that the old system has been replaced …

Drawing from a roughly 5-year participant-observation study of stand-up comedians in Los
Angeles, CA, this article investigates the career development of artists within cultural …

This paper examines issues in job design from the perspective of developments in the labor
market. Among the issues considered are the impact of technological change, shifts in how …

At the turn of the twenty-first century, women held all kinds of occupations from corporate
presidents, engineers, lawyers and doctors, to construction workers, homemakers and …

Recent years, the relationship of employment in Japan becomes more flexible and
uncertain. The term career gets into the limelight. As far most theories, models proposed to …

In today's increasingly digitalized business environment, the mechanisms organizations
apply to manage talent are due for a shake-up (Cappelli, 2008; Barley et al., 2017 …

This dissertation investigates patterns of action and decision-making patterns by artists with
cultural production industries. In particular, it explores how individuals navigate these …