Sex, Drugs, and Deception: Deviance in the Hair Salon Industry

The unique organizational structure of the hair salon industry fosters an environment in which multiple factors, including varying levels of status, opportunity, and motivation, can create or constrain possibilities for deviant behavior. Using data from participant observation, personal interviews,...

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Published in:Deviant behavior 2016-01, Vol.37 (1), p.66-80
Main Authors: Barlow, Angela, Hawdon, James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol use
Behavior
Classification
Crime
Deviance
Drug abuse
Motivation
Organizational structure
Service industries
Substance abuse
Work environment
Workplaces
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Summary:The unique organizational structure of the hair salon industry fosters an environment in which multiple factors, including varying levels of status, opportunity, and motivation, can create or constrain possibilities for deviant behavior. Using data from participant observation, personal interviews, and systematic introspection, four categories of deviance emerge: theft, hyper-sexualized interactions, drug/alcohol use, and questionable/illegal business practices. This study uses a classification of workplace crime, occupational deviance, and occupational crime to illustrate how the typology applies to salon deviance and how the structural location within the industry predicts the types of deviance that occur in each salon organizational structure.
ISSN:0163-9625
1521-0456
DOI:10.1080/01639625.2014.983009