- ISBN: 9780801489501 | 0801489504
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/30/2004
Drawing on eight years of participant observation and in-depth interviews, the renowned ethnographers Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler reveal the occupational culture and lifestyles of workers at five luxury Hawaiian resorts. The Adlers describe the work, lives, and careers of new immigrants, locals, managers, and "seekers" who labor in organizations that never close, with shifts scheduled around the clock and around the year. Book jacket.