Retail Work. (2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Retail Work. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Retail Work
- 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).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.48910
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