Bringing emotional labor into focus: A review and integration of three research lenses

Emotional Labor in the 21st Century: Diverse Perspectives on Emotion Regulation at Work

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-27

  Grandey, Alicia A ^a   Diefendorff, James M ^b   Rupp, Deborah E ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203100851     Document Type: Chapter

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