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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries感情労働
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kanjō rōdō
"コールセンターの仕事は激しい感情労働を伴う。"
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The effort to control and produce appropriate feelings and expressions as part of one's job or within social relationships, often resulting in stress or burnout.
"Flight attendants perform a significant amount of emotional labor to ensure passengers feel safe and welcome."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined by sociologist Arlie Hochschild in her 1983 book 'The Managed Heart', originally referring to the management of feeling to create a publicly observable facial and bodily display within the workplace.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "emotional labor" is said worldwide
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travail émotionnel
Transliteration: travail e-mo-tio-nel
"Le travail émotionnel exigé par ce poste est épuisant."
Emotionsarbeit
Transliteration: E-mo-ti-ons-ar-beit
"Viele Dienstleistungsberufe erfordern ständige Emotionsarbeit."
lavoro emotivo
Transliteration: la-vo-ro e-mo-ti-vo
"Il lavoro emotivo non è spesso riconosciuto né retribuito adeguatamente."
trabajo emocional
Transliteration: tra-ba-jo e-mo-cio-nal
"Atender al público todo el día requiere mucho trabajo emocional."
trabalho emocional
Transliteration: tra-ba-lho e-mo-cio-nal
"O trabalho emocional invisível recae frequentemente sobre as mulheres."
भावनात्मक श्रम
Transliteration: bhavnatmak shram
"ग्राहक सेवा में भावनात्मक श्रम बहुत अधिक होता है।"
情绪劳动
Transliteration: qíng xù láo dòng
"服务行业的工作人员通常需要付出大量的情绪劳动。"
감정 노동
Transliteration: gam-jeong no-dong
"감정 노동은 근로자의 정신 건강에 악영향을 미칠 수 있습니다."
感情労働
Transliteration: kanjō rōdō
"コールセンターの仕事は激しい感情労働を伴う。"
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