Do the poor wake up quickly? A study of low pay and muted horizons

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Ramakrishnan, S., Riley, M. and Szivas, E. 2007. Do the poor wake up quickly? A study of low pay and muted horizons. The Service Industries Journal. 27 (2), pp. 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642060601122660
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TitleDo the poor wake up quickly? A study of low pay and muted horizons
AuthorsRamakrishnan, S., Riley, M. and Szivas, E.
Abstract

The paper paints a portrait of service industry workers who are outside the institutional parameters of industrial relations. It considers the effects of hard work on the personal horizons of the working poor. By asking workers to describe target earnings and what a ‘better job’means against a background of long hours, the study shows what distress selling of labour actually looks like. The results indicate that subjects correctly perceive their lack of opportunity and have horizons circumscribed by industrial norms.

PublisherTaylor and Francis
JournalThe Service Industries Journal
ISSN0264-2069
Publication dates
Print09 Mar 2007
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Deposited19 Mar 2013
Output statusPublished
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Sumeetra Ramakrishnan (nee Thozhur)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/02642060601122660
LanguageEnglish
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