TY - JOUR
T1 - In pursuit of modesty
T2 - Contextual emotional labour and the dilemma for working women in Islamic societies
AU - Ali, Faiza
AU - Syed, Jawad
AU - Winstanley, Diana
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The paper explores the experience of working women in Islamic societies from the perspective of the concept of modesty. While female modesty occurs as a value in many cultures, it is a particularly explicit and strong feature of Islamic doctrine. The paper describes the doctrinal underpinnings of this concept to suggest the probable ways in which this frames the experience of working women. The contrast between the emotional requirements of 'modesty' and the emotional demands of modern international organisations, suggests two sets of competing claims in the successful performance of a work role. This can lead to emotional tensions for working women, which demand further emotional work upon the self by the subject. In exploring the literature on emotional labour, we believe that the concept has ignored strong contextual dimensions particularly religion-based social norms.
AB - The paper explores the experience of working women in Islamic societies from the perspective of the concept of modesty. While female modesty occurs as a value in many cultures, it is a particularly explicit and strong feature of Islamic doctrine. The paper describes the doctrinal underpinnings of this concept to suggest the probable ways in which this frames the experience of working women. The contrast between the emotional requirements of 'modesty' and the emotional demands of modern international organisations, suggests two sets of competing claims in the successful performance of a work role. This can lead to emotional tensions for working women, which demand further emotional work upon the self by the subject. In exploring the literature on emotional labour, we believe that the concept has ignored strong contextual dimensions particularly religion-based social norms.
U2 - 10.1504/IJWOE.2005.008819
DO - 10.1504/IJWOE.2005.008819
M3 - Article
SN - 1740-8938
VL - 1
SP - 150
EP - 167
JO - International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion
JF - International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion
IS - 2
ER -