Retail Work. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Irena Grugulis and Ödül Bozkurt.
• Other Names: Grugulis, Irena; Bozkurt, Ödül
• Contents: Why retail work demands a closer look; PART I: WORK AND SKILLS; Following the retail chain: sandwiches, supermarkets and the potential for workplace learning; In the blink of an eye – American high end small retail businesses and the public workforce system; Labour supply and skills demand in fashion retailing; Technological change, work reorganization and retail workers' skills in production-oriented supermarket departments; PART II: RETAIL AS A JOB VERSUS RETAILING AS A CAREER; 'It's all right for Saturdays but not forever' The employment of part-time student staff within the retail sector; The 'lost boys'; Avoiding the trap: temporary identity as a means of coping with low-wage, part time jobs; PART III: THE PRESSURES OF RETAIL WORK; Employers' 'exit options' and low wage retail work: the case of supermarkets in the Netherlands and Germany; 'No place to hide'? the realities of leadership in UK supermarkets; In search of teamworking in a major supermarket; PART IV: NEGOTIATING 'GOOD WORK' IN RETAIL; Humour in Retail Work: Jokes Salespeople Tell about Their Clients; Incentive for co-worker commitment ; Union strategies in representing 'new workers': The case of Australian and UK retail unions; Endnote: thoughts and reflections Chris Tilly and Françoise Carré
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages), (17 illustrations)
• Subjects: 331.12513811; Industries/Retailing; Retail trade -- Employees; Retail trade; Industries/General; Sales & Selling; Retail sector; Economics, finance, business & management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780230346147; 0230346146
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.