'Dirt, Death and Danger? I Don't Recall Any Adverse Reaction ...': Masculinity and the Taint Management of Hospital Private Security Work

• Published in: Gender, work, and organization Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 546 - 558
• Main Authors: Johnston, Matthew S., Hodge, Edwin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Canada; dirty work; Emotions; Ethnography; gender; Gender roles; Gender studies; Guards; Hospital management; Hospitals; masculinities; Masculinity; Narratives; Nurses; Ottawa, Ontario; private security guards; Resilience; Risk; Security; Security management; Security personnel; Studies; taint management; Teamwork; Well-being; Canada; Ottawa Ontario Canada

Drawing on an ethnographic narrative written by one of the authors following his resignation from a hospital private security team in Ottawa, Canada and interview data gleaned from eight security men (all former colleagues), this article explores how hospital private security officers draw on discou...