tailieunhanh - Ethical aspects of aesthetic labour, and links to an earlier concept: sprezzatura. Where next?

Where the two terms differ is in the imposition by organisations of courteous or forced ritual behaviour on employees – a modern phenomenon. Insincerity is concealed, leading to the whimsical even offensive notion that we are all air hostesses now. There are moral implications here too. Sprezzatura could be aligned to the moral theories of hedonism and egoism – where the focus is on the individual who decides to pursue a working life of fulfilment based on self interest, by the appearance of relaxed competence that may or may not be borne out by actual effectiveness at work | Ref Ethical aspects of aesthetic labour and links to an earlier concept sprezzatura. Where next William Scarff University of Wolverhampton Business School Email Keywords Aesthetic labour sprezzatura ethics professionalism power Abstract The term aesthetic labour is considered with reference to earlier literature on the influence of attractiveness on recruitment selection and retention issues for employees for Human Resource managers and the processes of selecting candidates for training opportunities. The subjectivity and emotional nature of beauty are both noted. A link for future research is suggested to the term sprezzatura from the Italian Renaissance. An unsettling presence of power is considered as a link between aesthetic labour and sprezzatura. Both terms are considered from an employee choosing to use these methods for self advancement and in the case of aesthetic labour when role requires certain behaviour and image. A research question is posed around the tensions between creating the best image for an organisation and adhering to correct Human Resource professional practice with identification of conflict of personal and organisational ethics. A less well known framework for ethics is introduced. The paper is brought to a close by asking conference members about realistic linkages between aesthetic labour sprezzatura ethics professionalism the role of the Human Resource manager and power. 1 Introduction The term aesthetic labour first appeared in 1999 from Dr Chris Warhurst and his team at the University of Strathclyde. Attempts are made to link the concept of aesthetic labour with the medieval Italian concept of sprezzatura. Also implicit but not developed in this paper are decisions around the allocation of training resources to favoured employees. A different approach to ethics is introduced. The central question of this paper is as follows Do sprezzatura and aesthetic labour in combination have any relevance to contexts of

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