Dirty Work: Concepts and Identities

by Ruth Simpson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349325511
• ISBN13: 9781349325511
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"