Out of the Shadows

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Over half of all people working on behalf of any given organization are typically not their own employees. Some are freelance contractors working in their own right. A significant proportion is employed to provide these services by another firm, under agency or outsourcing service agreements. The services they perform under these agreements are often vital in supporting the organizationā€™s customer relationships, reputation and brand identity.

Yet, remarkably, little attention has been paid to how these ā€˜non-employeesā€™ are managed, motivated and meaningfully engaged. Management protocol generally sees them as outside the organizationā€™s remit or control. The law paints them as victims.

This ground-breaking book challenges both these assumptions. Through a combination of pioneering legal analysis and rigorous case-study research, it demonstrates that non-employees are often the organizationā€™s most important hidden resource.

Patricia Leighton and her collaborators highlight the limited good practice that is available, based on examples in large corporations, public sector organizations and smaller firms in a variety of countries. More importantly she clearly sets out the issues and imperatives employers should address, supported by new management concepts and models of effective practice developed specifically for the book.

Far from being victims, she argues, non-employees often choose flexible working patterns for their own intrinsic ends and have ambitions, career aspirations and workplace needs that can be responded to and exploited by forward-looking employers.

ā€œLooking at the role they now play, these people are no longer marginal, atypical or peripheral as they are still termed and regarded by both legal and management practitioners. They are, however, still in the shadows in terms of the literature available on how best to develop and motivate them. This book aims to rectify this.ā€

This book title, Out of the Shadows (Managing self-employed, agency and outsourced workers), ISBN: 9780750665247, by Michel Syrett, Patricia Leighton, Robert Hecker, Peter Holland, published by Taylor & Francis (November 6, 2006) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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Product Details

Author:
Michel Syrett, Patricia Leighton, Robert Hecker, Peter Holland
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
296
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis (November 6, 2006)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9780750665247
ISBN-10:
0750665246
Weight:
16oz
Dimensions:
6.125" x 9.1875"
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$59.95
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24
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Audience:
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Country of Origin:
United States
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