Hospitality work and the sociality of affective labour

This article explores how the social relationships of precarious workers contribute to employment and labour practices in the hospitality industry. In so doing, it contributes to theoretical discussions about the nature of post-Fordist labour, and to studies of the social relations of precarity as t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Sociological review (Keele) 2023-01, Vol.71 (1), p.47-64
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Ethnic groups
Exploitation
Hospitality industry
Inequality
Job opportunities
Labor force
Labor force participation
Migrant workers
Minority groups
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Social life & customs
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