Dirty Work

Concepts and Identities

P Lewis editor R Simpson editor N Slutskaya editor H Höpfl editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '12

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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.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: 9781349325511

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

274 pages

1st ed. 2012