Emotional labor as cultural performance: The communication of caregiving in a nonprofit nursing home

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 330-358

  Sass, James S ^a  

^a Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

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EID: 0034359164     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310009374679     Document Type: Article

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