The lady vanishes: Women's work and affective labour

International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-80

  Bolton, Sharon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective labour; Emotion work; Emotional labour; Formative activity; Women's work

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749120000     PISSN: 17408938     EISSN: 17408946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2009.025400     Document Type: Article

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