Emotional labor and organized emotional care: Conceptualizing nursing home care work

Work and Occupations

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-160

  Lopez, Steven H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care work; Emotional care; Emotional labor; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645504056     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888405284567     Document Type: Article

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