...Mark Wilding; Adrian Wright; Mary Lawler; Louise Hoole Purpose Research on the increasing phenomenon of student paid work has tended to focus on the impact on studies or employability and reveal less about working conditions and their consequences. Given the rise in reported work-related poor...

... with but also potentially critical of professional norms, quality of life and work conditions. Originality/value Recognising how employment can be understood in terms of “professionalism”, this paper suggests how an exploration of discourses and practices of professionalism can be part of a wider...

...Monder Ram; Balihar Sanghera; Tahir Abbas; Gerald Barlow Through the medium of a case study of Birmingham’s ethnic minority‐owned independent restaurant sector, the nature of training in the firms, the reasons for informal training, and employees’ tolerance of harsh working conditions are examined...