Beyond emotion: interactive service work and the skills of women
by Anne Junor, Ian Hampson, Alison Barnes
International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion (IJWOE), Vol. 2, No. 4, 2008

Abstract: Jobs in the increasingly diverse service economy are often described using a knowledge worker/low skill dichotomy, with debate centred on where the line between the two is drawn. We problematise the generalised ascription of low skill to jobs in which women are concentrated, unpacking concepts such as routinisation and 'social and aesthetic' competencies. Analysing examples from research in New Zealand, we argue for a wider conceptualisation of 'emotional' and 'aesthetic' labour in terms of its active cognitive, relational and ethical components, and extend the analysis to the 'invisible' skills that link and integrate fragmented work processes.

Online publication date: Thu, 18-Dec-2008

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