Work at leisure and leisure at work: A study of the emotional labour of tour reps

Human Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1399-1417

  Guerrier, Yvonne ^a   Adib, Amel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional labour; Leisure and tourism work; Resistance; Service work; Work and leisure

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442306443     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00187267035611006     Document Type: Article

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