Emotional dimensions of dirty work: Men's encounter with taint in the butcher trade

International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-212

  Simpson, Ruth ^a   Slutskaya, Natasha ^a   Hughes, Jason ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butchers; Dirty work; Emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857260819     PISSN: 17408938     EISSN: 17408946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2011.044597     Document Type: Article

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