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employment networks  

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  • Craftsmen's guilds and trade unions were highly effective employment networks from the early Middle Ages throughout the modern era, when cyberspace environments established virtual relationships that have transformed the material environment, especially economically. Employment conditions in the postmodern workplace are increasingly global, impersonal, and transitional. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Networks; Employment Networks]

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