Great expectations: Gender, looks and lookism at work

International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-90

  Warhurst, Chris ^a   Van Den Broek, Diane ^a   Hall, Richard ^a   Nickson, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aesthetic labour; Emotional labour; Gender; Interactive service work; Lookism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865350461     PISSN: 17408938     EISSN: 17408946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2012.048593     Document Type: Article

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