Creative Labour provides an insight into the unique employment issues affecting workers in film, television, theatre, arts, music, radio and new media.In the UK alone, more than 1 million people work in the creative industries, generating billions of pounds in exports each year. These workers have to contend with elastic working hours, employment and promotion uncertainty and vigorous competition for each role. Creative Labour offers a contemporary perspective on a fascinating area of study and a rapidly growing area in developed economies.Key benefits:- Grasp the realities of work behind the industry façade- Evaluate real-life case-studies through a flexible, critical mindset- Tailor your management decisions to the needs of creative staff

PART I: THEORY AND OVERVIEW Introduction: Labour Process Analysis and Creative Industries; C.Smith& A.McKinlay Creative Labour: Contract, Content and Control; C.Smith& A.McKinlay From Conception to Consumption: Creativity and the Missing Managerial Link; P.Thompson, M.Jones& C.Warhurst Working in the Creative Economy Risk, Adaptation, and the Persistence of Exclusionary Networks; S.Christopherson PART II: CREATIVE LABOUR AND PRACTICE Film, Theatre and Television Still a 'Perfect World for Capital'? K.Randle& N.Culkin I Don't Know Where You Learn Them: Skills in Film and TV; I.Grugulis& D.Stoyanova Bringing Creativity to Market: Actors as Self-Employed Employees; A.Haunschild& D.Eikhof Making 'The Bits Between the Adverts: Management, Collective Bargaining and Work in Commercial Television, 1979-2005; A.McKinlay& B.Quinn PART III: NEW MEDIA Situating New Media Production: San Francisco, 1995-2000; A.Pratt Beyond the Hype: Working in the German Internet Industry; N.Mayer-Ahuja& H.Wolf The Organisation of Creativity: Content, Contracts and Control in Swedish Interactive Media Production; F.Augustsson& Å.Sandberg.