Chris Warhurst & Dennis Nickson 
Aesthetic Labour [EPUB ebook] 

This accessible and exciting new text looks at the implications of aesthetic labour for work and employment by contextualizing debates and offering a critical approach. The origins of aesthetic labour are explored, as well as the relevant theories from business and management, and sociology. Coverage includes key topics such as: corporate strategy; recruitment and selection practices; and discrimination.

Key features include:

– a range of case studies from across different types of organizations and popular culture

– the exploration of topics such as branding, ′lookism′, ′dressing for success′ and cosmetic surgery

– suggestions for further reading.

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Chapter 1 Appearances Matters

Chapter 2 The Aestheticization of the Economy and Society

Chapter 3 If You Look the Part, You’ll Get the Job

Chapter 4 Ready to Workwear

Chapter 5 Body Talk: ‘signalling with more than looks’

Chapter 6 Irritable Vowel Syndrome

Chapter 7 Beauty and the Beast: The ‘Dark Side’ of Aesthetic Labour

Chapter 8 The Future of Aesthetic Labour

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Dennis Nickson is Professor of Service Work and Employment at University of Strathclyde, and was Head of Department from 2008-2014. His primary research interests centre on work and employment issues in interactive service work, with a particular concentration on the retail and hospitality industries. His work has been published in journals such as Work, Employment and Society, Human Resource Management (US), the Human Resource Management Journal, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations Journal and Economic and Industrial Democracy, and he is Editor-in-Chief of Employee Relations.