"Just like the elves in Harry Potter": Room attendants in United Kingdom hotels

Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom

Volumn 9781610443647, Issue , 2008, Pages 96-130

  Dutton, Eli ^a   Warhurst, Chris ^b   Lloyd, Caroline ^c,d   James, Susan ^e   Commander, Johanna ^b   Nickson, Dennis ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Economic and Social Research Council Centre on Skills   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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