Emotional labor in china: Do perceived organizational support and gender moderate the process?

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-305

  Nixon, Ashley E ^a   Yang, Liu Qin ^b   Spector, Paul E ^a   Zhang, Xichao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

burnout; emotional labor; gender; job satisfaction; perceived organizational support; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHINA; EMOTIONAL LABOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 80053474955     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1359     Document Type: Article

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