Farewell to the organization man: The feminization of loyalty in high-end and low-end service jobs

Ethnography

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-313

  Erickson, Karla ^a   Pierce, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotionallabor; gender; loyalty; paralegals; servicework; waitresses

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247670736     PISSN: 14661381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466138105060759     Document Type: Article

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