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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823789103321

Autore

Mullaney Jamie L

Titolo

Paid to party : working time and emotion in direct home sales / / Jamie L. Mullaney and Janet Hinson Shope

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-86473-8

0-8135-5215-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Families in focus

Altri autori (Persone)

ShopeJanet Hinson <1961->

Disciplina

381/.14

Soggetti

Home parties (Marketing) - Social aspects

Direct selling - Social aspects

Women sales personnel

Women - Employment - Social aspects

Flexible work arrangements

Work and family

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Creating a feel-good business: negotiating the work-family pieces -- From temporal acrobats to architects: flexibility gets a much needed makeover -- Out with the old, in with the new: changing how women feel about work -- The girls' night out: social time and obligation -- Let the games begin: the importance of playing along -- Just not buying it: fielding resistance to DHS.

Sommario/riassunto

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.