Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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