Too precarious to be inclusive? Hotel maid employment in Spain

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 653-674

  Cañada, Ernest ^a,b  

^a ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chambermaids; crisis; decent work; hotel maids; hotels; housekeepers; housekeeping; inclusive tourism; outsourcing; precariousness; Spain; tourism

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOTEL INDUSTRY; OUTSOURCING; POLICY REFORM; TOURISM; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

SPAIN;

EID: 85042923855     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2018.1437765     Document Type: Article

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