🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

trabalho emocional

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tra-ba-lho e-mo-cio-nal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Emotional Labor/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl ˈleɪ.bɚ/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O trabalho emocional invisível recae frequentemente sobre as mulheres."

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As noun
  1. 1

    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

The term 'emotional labor' was coined by sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild in her 1983 book 'The Managed Heart'. It refers to the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job, particularly in service industries. The concept has evolved to encompass the emotional demands placed on individuals in various professional and personal contexts.

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