Currently the “creative industries”, especially the British film industry, are receiving much popular attention. The aim of this paper is to present a description and evaluation of employment in the film industry, and through doing so to challenge dominant populist and academic analyses of...

Outsourcing of business operations is high on the agenda of management because getting quality products and services faster to the market has become critical for companies. Amongst the many drivers are cost reduction, core business focus, flexibility and risk transfer. However, it is easy to be...

This paper explores the career and work experiences of a little researched group: highly skilled women IT contractors. It considers their reasons for entering the IT field, including the decision to become contractors. It demonstrates the complexity of power and influence of IT contractors and...