Emotional labor: Links to work attitudes and emotional exhaustion

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 797-813

  Seery, Brenda L ^a   Corrigall, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Job satisfaction; Labour; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949083933     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940910996806     Document Type: Article

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