SPECIAL FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE MANAG EMENT OF SEMISKILLED WOMEN WORKERS - THE CASE OF CASHIERS AT A SUPERSTORE

The analysis of how women cashiers are managed in a superstone sheds n ew light on this particular form of employment. The ''cash register ar ea'' is not merely a ''peripheral'' segment in the distribution proces s. On the contrary, in an employment system based on personnel rotatio n, the employer is forced to set up an ''internal market'' to stabiliz e employees and normalize working conditions. Special attention is pai d to the procedures, transactions and compromises whereby such an inte rnal secondary segment can be created in employment.