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Housekeepers and the Siren Call of Hotel Chains

2009

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050402 sociology[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationHousekeepersFemme05 social sciences[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationPersonnel de l'hôtellerie et de la restauration[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationHotel industryTravailleur peu qualifiéNiveau de rémunérationLow-paid labour0504 sociology0502 economics and businessFemale workersFrance050207 economics
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Housekeepers in France: Cinderella in the shadow

2006

Référence interne : 06054; This report is addressed as a story from three different angles: How have competitive economical, technical and social conditions, critical events, changed in the hotel industry? What is housekeeper job quality really like, is it temporary job or sideline with no prospects for a captive labor force? How have firms' strategies affected the quality of work, in terms of working conditions and career ladders, for example depending on the choice of directly managing or subcontracting room cleaning?

Housekeeper[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[ SHS.ECO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economies and finances[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationFranceIndustrie hôtelièreHotel industry[SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and FinanceManagement
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Housekeepers in French Hotels : Cinderella in the Shadows (Chapter 5)

2008

08018. Introduction by Robert Solow

[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationHousekeepers[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationLow-Wage Work[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationFrance
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Housekeepers lost in the Land of Labor Market Segmentation

2007

07022 - 13 p.; This communication analyses the role that the main social actors, employers, trade unions and the French government play in labour market regulations, especially in working conditions, for feminine low wage workers. Labor market segmentation and the dual market theory (Doeringer and Piore, 1971), with on one hand qualified workers employed in attractive and stable positions, and on the other hand manpower in low-paid and insecure jobs, often in back-breaking working conditions, are not new. However, they have recently reappeared in the situation of housekeepers in the French hotel industry, where there are particularly few chances of career ladders, and on the contrary, there…

[SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology[SHS.SOCIO] Humanities and Social Sciences/SociologyLow wage workersActeurs sociauxHousekeepersFemmeSegmentation du marché du travail[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationFemme de chambreWorking conditionsHôtellerie[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[ SHS.SOCIO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/SociologyLabour marketLabour market segmentationCondition de travailFemaleFranceSocial actorsRégulation du marché du travailEmploi à bas salaireRegulationMarché du travail
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Hôtels et dépendances

2011

Cet article présente une analyse de la qualité de l’emploi des femmes de chambre dans divers pays d’Europe sous le double aspect des contraintes patronales de gestion de main-d’œuvre, et de la construction des trajectoires professionnelles des salariées. Vulnérables, peu qualifiées et peu valorisées, souvent d’origine étrangère, la plupart des femmes de chambre sont aisément fidélisées du fait de leur faible employabilité sur le marché du travail. En réalité, elles se trouvent reléguées dans une spirale qui lie flexibilité, rémunération médiocre, précarité plurielle, renforcée par les pratiques de dépendance des hôteliers. This article addresses the issue of job quality for housekeepers in …

hotel industryEmploi des femmesfemme de chambre[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Educationworking conditionshousekeeperPersonnel de l'hôtellerie et de la restauration[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationComparaison européenne[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationEuropebas salairesQualité de l'emploiconditions de travailqualité de l’emploilow wageshôtelleriejob quality
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