Talent management of knowledge workers embracing the non-traditional workforce

Freelancers possess a tremendous amount of knowledge, skill, and ability. Identifying, defining, and implementing talent management strategies aimed at ensuring the effective management of non-traditional knowledge employees in an organization are the key themes of this book"-- Provided by pub...

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Other Authors: Vaiman, Vlad, 1971-
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmilla 2010
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245 0 0 |a Talent management of knowledge workers  |b embracing the non-traditional workforce  |c edited by Vlad Vaiman 
260 |a New York  |b Palgrave Macmilla  |c 2010 
300 |a xv, 205 p.  |b ill.  |c 23 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Managing Talent of Non-traditional Knowledge Workers Opportunities, Challenges, and Trends -- Vlad Vaiman Reykjavik University School of Business, Iceland -- Chapter 2 Talent management in the new economy: applying lessons learned from knowledge workers -- Rhonda Jones University of Maryland University College -- Chapter 3 The Move from Employment to Associate Contracting within the Employment Relationship -- Rosalind Bergemann Globalite Management Services, UK -- Chapter 4 Are They One of Us? Why Retention Strategies Should Ensure that Contingent Employees Identify with the Organization Ozgur Ekmekci, Ed.D. The George Washington University -- Chapter 5 The Effects of Organizational Culture on Contingent Knowledge Workers -- Dr. Lien Els Middlesex University Dubai, UAE -- Chapter 6 The customer employee relationship revisited: A new perspective for human capital management? -- Regina-Viola Frey Heilbronn Business School, Germany -- Chapter 7 Managing the talent of independent contractors in Australia -- Tui McKeown Monash University, Australia -- Chapter 8 an Short Term International Assignments solve an organizations talent shortages? -- Guy Ellis and Denise Tsang Henley Business School University of Reading England, UK -- Chapter 9 Balancing Customer, Professional and Organizational Interests: Foci of Commitment of Employed vs. Self-Employed Finance Professionals -- Elfi Furtmueller-Ettinger, Rolf Van Dick, and Celeste P.M. Wilderom University of Twente, the Netherlands -- Chapter 10 Executive Coaches in Organizations: Insiders from Outside -- Konstantin Korotov European School of Management and Technology, Germany 
520 |a Freelancers possess a tremendous amount of knowledge, skill, and ability. Identifying, defining, and implementing talent management strategies aimed at ensuring the effective management of non-traditional knowledge employees in an organization are the key themes of this book"-- Provided by publisher 
650 0 |a Knowledge workers  |v Case studies 
650 0 |a Personnel management  |v Case studies 
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