Building Self and Community: The Career Experiences of a Hotel Executive Housekeeper

Tourist Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-163

  Harris, Candice ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

career; emotional labour; ethnicity; gender; hotel; housekeeping; psychological contract; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952523785     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797609360598     Document Type: Article

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