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Publication date: 27 November 2023

Leonidas Efthymiou, Yianna Orphanidou and Achilleas Karayiannis

What is the impact of workers' tattoos and piercings on hospitality work? While body-art is prohibited in some hotels, it is encouraged in others. Also, an even more ambiguous…

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What is the impact of workers' tattoos and piercings on hospitality work? While body-art is prohibited in some hotels, it is encouraged in others. Also, an even more ambiguous situation arises when body-art is neither accepted nor prohibited, depending on labour market conditions and managers' individualistic preferences. In this chapter, we explore how this ambiguity imposes challenges on employment and career planning. We first seek to understand how managers' perceptions and decisions concerning worker body-art change in different hotel categories. To do so, we draw on interviews with 25 General and Human Resource Managers in 18 upper market hotels, three lifestyle boutique-hotels and four luxury hotels. Then, we offer pragmatic suggestions on career planning.

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The Emerald Handbook of Appearance in the Workplace
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ISBN: 978-1-80071-174-7

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Tattooing and the Gender Turn
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ISBN: 978-1-80262-301-7

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Tattooing and the Gender Turn
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ISBN: 978-1-80262-301-7

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Publication date: 27 November 2023

Beth Wood and Adelina Broadbridge

This chapter investigates the issue of tattoos and examines whether the presence of visible tattoos still influences front line workers' employment chances. It finds that…

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This chapter investigates the issue of tattoos and examines whether the presence of visible tattoos still influences front line workers' employment chances. It finds that irrespective of a general societal shift towards greater tattoo acceptance and integration into modern society, negative stereotypes about tattoos still exist. Acceptance of tattoos in the workplace was dependent on the nature, size and location of the tattoo, as well as the occupation in question, and individual customer characteristics. Respondents were generally more accepting of tattoos on people nowadays. However, there was concern that employees with visible tattoos may still face stigma in the workplace. The findings revealed that most people will cover up a tattoo during an interview out of fear of negative discrimination by the interviewer.

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The Emerald Handbook of Appearance in the Workplace
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ISBN: 978-1-80071-174-7

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Tattooing and the Gender Turn
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ISBN: 978-1-80262-301-7

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Tattooing and the Gender Turn
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80262-301-7

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Tattooing and the Gender Turn
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ISBN: 978-1-80262-301-7

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Tattooing and the Gender Turn
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ISBN: 978-1-80262-301-7

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Publication date: 27 November 2023

Terence Chia and Andrew R. Timming

Diversity and inclusion initiatives are normally centred on legally protected traits such as race and gender. As the legal framework expands to ensure that underrepresented…

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Diversity and inclusion initiatives are normally centred on legally protected traits such as race and gender. As the legal framework expands to ensure that underrepresented workers are protected, there exists a subset of the workforce who have diversity characteristics that are legally unprotected. For example, individuals who have visible tattoos can face employment discrimination when they are looking for work or looking to progress their careers. To add to the challenge, the perception of stigma is fluid and expectations related to the appearance of employees are determined by managers' perceptions of consumers' preferences. Drawing theoretically from self-categorisation theory and information processing theory, we discuss how the creation of a marketing and brand proposition framework can help to build an organisational identity that can benefit consumers and the organisation simultaneously. We also discuss the practical implications and strategies that organisations can consider to reduce such workplace discrimination.

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The Emerald Handbook of Appearance in the Workplace
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ISBN: 978-1-80071-174-7

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Publication date: 19 October 2023

Emma Beckett

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Tattooing and the Gender Turn
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