One for all or each one pays for himself: the strength of weak ties, gender attitudes in the payment of bills in the sphere of public catering
The paper is the attempt of applying the analytical methods of economic sociology to the study of the hospitality industry. The article is based on the survey of guests and employees of hotel enterprises, the author analyses the impact of «weak ties» and gender stereotypes (settings) on the preferred model of payment accounts, catering for collective and pair visit whether everyone pays for themselves, paid the expense in a purse or account often pays the man.