When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Keep Working: Impact of Emotional Labor on Absenteeism

Journal of Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 615-643

  Nguyen, Helena ^a   Groth, Markus ^a   Johnson, Anya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

absenteeism; affective commitment; emotional labor; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957837221     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313490026     Document Type: Article

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