Alexander Styhre is Chair of Organization Theory and Management in the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published widely in the field of organization, with his work appearing in a number of academic journals. Alexander is also the author of several books, including Precarious Professional Work (Palgrave, 2017) , and his most recent The Unfinished Business of Corporate Governance (2018).

Part I. Theoretical Perspectives.- 1. New Forms of Work in the Post-corporate Economy: Venture Labor, Contract Work and Freelancing.- 2. Reason and Rationality in Organization Studies: Employee Motivation.- Part II. Empirical Data.- 3. Passion: The Motivations behind Venture Work.- 4. Interest: The Goal of Reducing Uncertainty.- 5. Salaried Work in a Financial Economy: Market Risk.