'Knows how to please a man': Studying customers to understand service work

Sociological Review

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-241

  Pettinger, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79958801125     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2011.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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