Work Appropriation and the Low-Wage Worker Experience in the Service Sector

Antonia Kupfer, Professor of Macrosociology, Institute of Sociology, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Work Appropriation and the Low-Wage Worker Experience in the Service Sector deftly explores how supermarket clerks perceive their work when faced with meagre pay and frequently precarious working conditions. Speaking substantively on current social problems within clerks’ livelihoods, this essential book provides a fascinating comparison between German and US-based low-wage worker experiences.

表的价值是什么rmarket clerk? Antonia Kupfer undertakes to answer this question through interviews with clerks in the U.S. and Germany. Despite being underpaid and devalued, these frontline workers express a robust work ethic in both places. Understanding why and how has powerful implications for how society values work.’
– Chris Tilly, UCLA, US