Bernard, Sophie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
At first sight, the work-time put in by cashiers at checkout counters seems homogeneous, continuous and repetitive. An … empirical study of hypermarket cashiers in France shows, on the contrary, that the time spent working is relatively … cashiers’ work is their having to manage flows of both products and customers. Their work-time can, therefore, be understood as …