"If we are lucky, once a decade or so a classic ethnographic study
comes along that captures the essence and the interesting nuances
of an emerging, strategic occupation or work group. Barley and
Kunda's "Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies" is destined to be our
classic for this decade. No one should be allowed to write about
these itinerant professionals or propose new policies or labor
market institutions to regulate or serve them unless they first
read this book!"--Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
"This important book is the best account so far of the new and
growing world of contract labor."--Peter Cappelli, University of
Pennsylvania
"Few developments have been as heavily hyped and as poorly
understood as the trend towards 'contingent employment' among the
professional/technical/managerial classes. We know from statistical
studies that many professionals, especially technical
professionals, are hired as temporary, contract workers--but we
have known very little about why they work this way or about the
conditions of their labor. Barley and Kunda put flesh on the bones
of these skeletal figures, exploring the diversity of motives and
working conditions, as well as regularities in how they evaluate
jobs, build careers, and navigate tricky relationships with
employment agencies, high-tech firms, and professional peers. Gurus
significantly expands our understanding of what is sometimes called
'the new economy, ' exemplifying the value of organizational
ethnography and, especially in its superb account of life in labor
markets, contributing distinctively to economic sociology.
Moreover, the authors' prose is so clear and graceful that Gurus
should becomethe book of choice for teaching sociology and
organizational behavior to budding engineers and natural
scientists."--Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University
"This is social science at its best: Barley and Kunda's
ethnographies of itinerant technical contractors provide nuanced
and compelling insights into the changing nature of work and
employment today, and a revealing glimpse into the organization of
the knowledge economy."--AnnaLee Saxenian, University of
California, Berkeley
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