{"product_id":"excess-baggage-5","title":"Excess Baggage","description":"Based on groundbreaking research on the working conditions of airport check-in workers in two countries, a previously unstudied category of predominantly women workers, Ellen Rosskam describes a form of work characterized as modern-day Taylorism. An occupation greatly affected by new forms of work organization and management practices-caught in the throes of rapid change due to international competition, alliances, mergers, and the application of cost-efficiency strategies-check-in work has been undermined in recent years by the adverse effects of liberalization and technological change.By peeling away the veneer of glamour associated with airport check-in work, Rosskam reveals how changes in work organization in this sector have de-skilled, disempowered, and ultimately demoralized workers. In \"Excess Baggage\", weaving through the psychological distress, physical pain from musculoskeletal disorders, strain, and violence that check-in workers experience and describe in their own words, a picture emerges of a job perceived to be \"safe,\" \"clean,\" \"glamour girl\" work, but which is comparable to industrial workplaces that require heavy manual lifting, obligingly performed in skirts, dresses, and pretty little shoes.","brand":"Baywood Publishing Company Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224725967192,"sku":"9780895033604","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780895033604.jpg?v=1777090548","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/excess-baggage-5","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}