Below are the best articles we could find on Emotional Labor and work challenges.
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When workers’ emotions deviate from what’s expected of their gender, they are often left to process the backlash on their own.
Much like the struggle to recognize the economic contributions of childcare for stay-at-home parents, there could be a similar gap in the working world. The definition of emotional labor being used here is that of unpaid, invisible work.
“The research is pretty clear that surface acting is almost always bad for you.”
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It could be dragging down your job performance and psychological health.
Emotional labor is a paid chore, not a household chore.
Effective strategies for discussing the invisible load you’re shouldering in the workplace.
With the possible exception of Sesame Street’s Oscar the Grouch, very few of us have the luxury of being able to be completely and utterly ourselves all the time at work.
The phrase “emotional labor” . . . refers to “a situation where the way a person manages his or her emotions is regulated by a work-related entity in order to shape the state of mind of another individual, such as a customer.”
All those little details, necessary but distinctly un-flashy, are sometimes referred to as “emotional labor.” In the workplace, that labor may include booking a room for a meeting, reserving an event space, or keeping morale going with a Secret Santa exchange.
What will you leave behind in 2019? Here’s one suggestion: toxic workplace emotional labour. If you’re an administrator or manager, you may have influence over that not only for you but for employees in your sphere of influence.
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