This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work identities are managed.
| ISBN: | 9780230277137 |
| Publication date: | 17th April 2012 |
| Author: | Ruth Simpson, Natasha Slutskaya, Patricia Lewis, Heather Höpfl |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 274 pages |
| Series: | Identity Studies in the Social Sciences |
| Genres: |
Gender studies, gender groups Sociology: work and labour Office management Occupational and industrial psychology Organizational theory and behaviour |
This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work identities are managed.
Dirty Work features in the following genres: Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work and labour, Office management, Occupational and industrial psychology, Organizational theory and behaviour
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Dirty Work was written by Ruth Simpson, Natasha Slutskaya, Patricia Lewis, Heather Höpfl and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Dirty Work has 274 pages
Yes it is part of Identity Studies in the Social Sciences series