The impact of Emotional Labor and Value Dissonance on Burnout Among Police Officers

Police Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-341

  Schaible, Lonnie M ^a   Gecas, Viktor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alienation; authenticity; burnout; emotional labor; emotive dissonance; police; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955745573     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611110373997     Document Type: Article

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