Driving it home: How workplace emotional labor harms employee home life

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 487-516

  Wagner, David T ^a   Barnes, Christopher M ^b   Scott, Brent A ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898856432     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12044     Document Type: Article

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