Hair color and wages: Waitresses with blond hair have more fun

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-372

  Guéguen, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Employees; Hair color; Physical appearance; Restaurant; Tipping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860510804     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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