‘Dances with Daffodils’: Life as a Flower-picker in Southwest England
dc.contributor.author | Manolchev, C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-08T12:17:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-11-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | Physically-demanding and low-paid, work in the agri-food sector has been described in the literature as equal measures precarious and exploitative. In order to investigate the everyday realities of a flower-picker’s job we trace Ivan’s journey from a Bulgarian University, to the daffodil fields of Cornwall. Following two rounds of successful promotions, Ivan’s work is no longer governed by the seasonal rhythms of the flower-picking industry. However, as a welfare manager, he now faces hidden and open resistance from other migrant pickers whose work he oversees. Speaking to us at the height of the picking season and having worked seven days a week for months, Ivan is struggling. He has no time to complete his application to remain in the UK and is becoming mindful of the gap between the expectations placed on him by his employer, and the recompense offered in return. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | British Academy of Management | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 2 November 2021 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/09500170211042998 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/125977 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications / British Sociological Association | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2021. Open access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | |
dc.subject | Agri-food work | en_GB |
dc.subject | Everyday | en_GB |
dc.subject | Migrant Work | en_GB |
dc.subject | Precarity | en_GB |
dc.title | ‘Dances with Daffodils’: Life as a Flower-picker in Southwest England | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-08T12:17:06Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0950-0170 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Work, Employment and Society | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-06-08 | |
exeter.funder | ::British Academy of Management | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-06-08 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-06-08T12:15:17Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-06-08T12:17:31Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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