Testing the impact of emotional labor on work exhaustion for three distinct emergency medical service (EMS) samples

Career Development International

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 626-645

  Blau, Gary ^a   Bentley, Melissa A ^b   Eggerichs Purcell, Jennifer ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Emotional labour; Individual psychology; Medical personnel; Stress; Work exhaustion; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870217374     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431211283788     Document Type: Article

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