The national minimum wage, low pay and the UK hotel industry: The case of room attendants

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1228-1236

  Warhurst, Chris ^a   Lloyd, Caroline ^b,c   Dutton, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotels; Low pay; National minimum wage; Room attendants

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349124883     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508096943     Document Type: Article

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