Edited by Torben Elgaard Jensen, Professor, Aalborg University and Ann Westenholz, Professor, Department of Organization and Industrial Sociology, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

'I am very glad that I had the opportunity to read and review this manuscript. It has a clear and important message and is written with infectious enthusiasm and commitment. Work and organizational identity theory is attracting a great deal of attention. There is plenty of room in this expanding field for a book that is as well conceived and as well positioned as this one. The book's timely theoretical argument is well supported by six richly detailed ethnographic and historical case studies.'

• Contents: Introduction: Studies of Work and Identity beyond the Epochal 1. The Culturalization of Work in the ‘New’ Economy: An Historical View 2. Changing Times, Changing Identities: A Case Study of British Journalists 3. The Networking Arena 4. Temporary Stars – The Rise and Fall of a Talent Agency 5. On Becoming a Freelance Creative Professional 6. Emerging Identities beyond Organizational Boundaries Afterword: The Tyranny of the Epochal and Work Identity Index

Edited by Torben Elgaard Jensen, Professor, Aalborg University and Ann Westenholz, Professor, Department of Organization and Industrial Sociology, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

'I am very glad that I had the opportunity to read and review this manuscript. It has a clear and important message and is written with infectious enthusiasm and commitment. Work and organizational identity theory is attracting a great deal of attention. There is plenty of room in this expanding field for a book that is as well conceived and as well positioned as this one. The book's timely theoretical argument is well supported by six richly detailed ethnographic and historical case studies.'

• Contents: Introduction: Studies of Work and Identity beyond the Epochal 1. The Culturalization of Work in the ‘New’ Economy: An Historical View 2. Changing Times, Changing Identities: A Case Study of British Journalists 3. The Networking Arena 4. Temporary Stars – The Rise and Fall of a Talent Agency 5. On Becoming a Freelance Creative Professional 6. Emerging Identities beyond Organizational Boundaries Afterword: The Tyranny of the Epochal and Work Identity Index

Edited by Torben Elgaard Jensen, Professor, Aalborg University and Ann Westenholz, Professor, Department of Organization and Industrial Sociology, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

'I am very glad that I had the opportunity to read and review this manuscript. It has a clear and important message and is written with infectious enthusiasm and commitment. Work and organizational identity theory is attracting a great deal of attention. There is plenty of room in this expanding field for a book that is as well conceived and as well positioned as this one. The book's timely theoretical argument is well supported by six richly detailed ethnographic and historical case studies.'

• Contents: Introduction: Studies of Work and Identity beyond the Epochal 1. The Culturalization of Work in the ‘New’ Economy: An Historical View 2. Changing Times, Changing Identities: A Case Study of British Journalists 3. The Networking Arena 4. Temporary Stars – The Rise and Fall of a Talent Agency 5. On Becoming a Freelance Creative Professional 6. Emerging Identities beyond Organizational Boundaries Afterword: The Tyranny of the Epochal and Work Identity Index