'I can't put a smiley face on': Working-class masculinity, emotional labour and service work in the 'new economy'

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-322

  Nixon, Darren ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional labour; Masculinity; Men; Service work; Working class

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ROLE; LABOR MARKET; MALE; SERVICE SECTOR; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 65449142852     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00446.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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