Free to be you and me: A climate of authenticity alleviates burnout from emotional labor

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Grandey, Alicia ^a   Foo, Su Chuen ^a   Groth, Markus ^b   Goodwin, Robyn E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Burnout; Emotion regulation; Emotional labor; Health care; Mistreatment; Work climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COWORKER; EGO; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84863747795     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025102     Document Type: Article

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