How Free Are Free Agents ?  

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Badaracco, Joseph L., [Jr.]

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Harvard Business Review bisa di lihat di link (http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/command/detail?sid=f227f0b4-7315-44a4-a7f7-a7cd8cbad80b%40sessionmgr114&vid=12&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&jid=HBR) vol. 77 no. 6 (1999), page 169-178.
Topik: agents; book reviews; career advancement; discrimination; ethics; fraud; values

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In Black and White on Wall Street, Joseph Jett, the trader blamed for Kidder Peabody's controversial demise in 1994, tells his side of the story. But his account is more than just a tale of racism and greed. Reviewer Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., finds that Jett's experiences, when taken in the larger context of work life, are a cautionary tale about the serious challenges to personal integrity faced by knowledge workers in the new economy. Jett believed that a career on Wall Street offered valuable solutions to some age - old problems. He would be a free agent, choosing where and how he worked; his pay and promotions would depend on his performance, not on connections, company politics, or skin color. In short, Jett thought he would be his own man. Instead, he discovered that the old realities of organizational life and interpersonal relationships still shape the new workplace. According to Badaracco, it would be naive to expect the new economy to be radically different from the old one. Even if economic relationships have changed, human nature has not : self - interested managers, backroom politics, prejudice, and the seductions of power and money still shape behaviour. People may now get to "eat what they kill," but bosses usually determine who gets the best hunting grounds. Thus Machiavelli's fundamental question - Can men and women in positions of responsibility lead lives of integrity in the face of uncertainty and relentless competition ? - remains acutely relevant. Using Jett's experiences as a starting point, Badaracco draws several lessons about maintaining integrity in the free - agent workplace.

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