Paid to Party - Working Time and Emotion in Direct Home Sales

Informationen zum Autor JAMIE L. MULLANEY is an associate professor of sociology at Goucher College. She is the author of Everyone Is NOT Doing It: Abstinence and Personal Identity. JANET HINSON SHOPE is a professor of sociology and the associate dean for faculty affairs at Goucher College. Klappentext On any given night in living rooms across America, women gather for a fun girls’ night out to eat, drink, and purchase the latest products. Offering a new approach to a flexible work model, Direct Home Sales companies tell women they can, in fact, have it all and not feel guilty. In DHS, work time is not measured by the hands of the clock, but by the emotional fulfillment and fun it brings. Drawing from numerous interviews with consultants and observations at company-sponsored events, Paid to Party takes a closer look at how Direct Home Sales promises to change the way we think and feel about the struggles of balancing work and family. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Creating a Feel-Good Business2. From Temporal Acrobats to Architects3. Out with the Old, In with the New4. The Girls’ Night Out5. Let the Games Begin6. Just Not Buying ItConclusionAppendix A. Getting Our Own Party Started: Studying Direct Home SalesAppendix B. Interview Guide for DHS ConsultantsNotesReferencesIndex

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• Authors: Jamie Mullaney, Jamie L Mullaney, Jamie L Shope Mullaney, Jamie L. Mullaney, Jamie L. Shope Mullaney, Jamie Shope Mullaney, Jamie/ Shope Mullaney, Janet Shope, Janet Hinson Shope
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9780813551845
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-5184-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Families in Focus (Paperback); Families in Focus; Families in Focus (Paperback)
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches