Emotional politics in cleaning work: The case of Israel

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-357

  Benjamin, Orly ^a   Bernstein, Deborah ^b   Motzafi Haller, Pnina ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

emotional politics; ethnicity; job employee attitudes; labour process; subcontracted cleaning; work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952265409     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710378383     Document Type: Article

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