Emotion Work

Buchbeitrag

Emotion work is usually defined as the psychological processes necessary to regulate emotions that are desired in specific private life conditions. When controlling the intensity and quality of the individual's feelings is related to the public sphere and undertaken for reasons associated with paid work it is called emotional labor. Such employment occurs in contemporary service economies where the provision of services is often related to “selling feelings,” which is mainly performed by women.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: In: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies ; Year: 2016 ; Pages: 1-3 ; Ed(s).: Naples, N. ; Hoogland ,R. C. ; Wickramasinghe, M. ; Wong, W. C. A. ; ISBN: 9781118663219 ; Hoboken: Wiley

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
• Subject: emotion work ; employment ; gender division of labor ; labour market ; work

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Klimczuk, Andrzej ; Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wiley ; ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
• (where): Hoboken
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss524
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/230398
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET