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Americans are taking more control over their work lives – because they have to

  • Written by Scott Sonenshein, Professor of Management, Rice University
imageWorkers take on side hustles not just for the money, but also to compensate for limited control in their traditional jobs.Jeff Greenberg via Universal Images Group/Getty Images

One thing that’s become clear in the past few tumultuous – and for many, traumatic – years is that it’s easy to feel like there is no control in our...

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