Free agent nation
Subtitle: the future of working for yourself
By: Daniel H. Pink.
Edition: [New edition]
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Self-employed -- United States; Entrepreneurship -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-367 and index.
New for this edition: 31-page resource guide.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE; title: WELCOME TO FREE AGENT NATION; title: CHAPTER 1. Bye, Bye, Organization Guy 9; title: CHAPTER 2. How Many Are There?; title: The Numbers and Nuances of Free Agency 27; title: CHAPTER 3. How Did It Happen?; title: The Four Ingredients of Free Agency 47; title: PART TWO; title: THE FREE AGENT WAY; title: CHAPTER 4. The New Work Ethic 59; title: CHAPTER 5. The New Employment Contract 85; title: CHAPTER 6. The New Time Clock 103; title: PART THREE; title: HOW (AND WHY) FREE AGENCY WORKS; title: CHAPTER 7. Small Groups, Big Impact: Reinventing Togetherness in Free Agent Nation 123; title: CHAPTER 8. Getting Horizontal: The Free Agent Org Chart and Operating System 143; title: CHAPTER 9. The Free Agent Infrastructure 161; title: CHAPTER 10. Matchmakers, Agents, and Coaches 171; title: CHAPTER 11. Free Agent Families 183; title: PART FOUR; title: FREE AGENT WOES; title: CHAPTER 12. Roadblocks on Free Agent Avenue: Health Insurance, Taxes, and Zoning 199; title: CHAPTER 13. Temp Slaves, Permatemps, and the Rise of Self-Organized Labor 213; title: PART FIVE; title: THE FREE AGENT FUTURE; title: CHAPTER 14. E-tirement:; title: Free Agency and the New Old Age 233; title: CHAPTER 15. School's Out: Free Agency and the Future of Education 243; title: CHAPTER 16. Location, Location. Vocation:; title: Free Agency and the Future of Offices, Homes, and Real Estate 261; title: CHAPTER 17. Putting the "I" in IPO:; title: The Path Toward Free Agent Finance 271; title: CHAPTER 18. A Chip Off the Old Voting Bloc: The New Politics of Free Agency 287; title: CHAPTER 19. What's Left:; title: Free Agency and the Future of Commerce, Careers, and Community 301; title: EPILOGUE 313; title: THE OFFICIAL FREE AGENT NATION RESOURCE GUIDE 315; title: NOTES 347; title: APPENDIX: RESULTS OF THE FREE AGENT NATION; title: ONLINE CENSUS. 369; title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 375; title: INDEX 377.