RESEARCH PROPOSAL – EXAMPLE 1 Project Title Emotional Labour and Gender in the Hospitality Industry Research Context The idea that there is an ‘emotional’ aspect to work seems to have only gained academic credence in recent years. Hochschild (1983) originally introduced the concept of emotional labour in her study of flight attendants and bill collectors. Since then various researchers have subsequently expanded the topic to various different types of workers including teachers (Blackmore
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What is emotional labour? Defined by the author Bryman (2004) emotional labour is the state of affairs between employees as part of their working roles and the need to express feelings and emotions as part of their work. The types of emotions can be delivered in a desirable way or undesirable way‚ in other words positive or negative. Why is emotional labour so important? As stated in the article written by Bryman (2004) the importance of promoting emotional labour is because‚ emotional
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(Bryman‚ 2004) under chapter 5 performative labour‚ emotional labour can be defined as state of affairs between employees as part of their working roles needing to express feelings and emotions preferably to seem as though their emotions are deeply held within their job requirements. The type of emotions delivered can be encouraging or undesirable emotions or in other words‚ positive or negative emotions. All though there can be negative or positive emotional labour‚ in this chapter the author focuses more
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(2004)‚ emotional labour is regarded as situation in the workplace where workers are required to shows certain emotion as a part of their job. Bryman (2004‚ p.103) describes the developing trend of presuming work as a performance‚ where workplace is seen as stage for performance‚ while workers are the actors on the stage. He states that workers’ performance that is presented to the customers is vital as it is memorable to customers. Bryman (2004‚ p.103) emphasizes that emotional labour is capable
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Discovering Emotional Labour Emotional work is the control of a person’s feeling in order to display the appropriate emotions to others in different situations (Hochschild‚ 1983: Pg.7). In other words‚ a person has to put aside his or her own feelings and shows the right emotions in the right place at the right time. This concept can be applied to many aspects of our daily life and when used in terms of it being sold for a wage‚ Hochschild (1983) define it as emotional labour. By focusing on the
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Critically Evaluate Whether the requirement for Emotional Labour in Hospitality and Tourism is ethical. Module Leader: Peter McGunnigle Student Name: Mrignaini Chauhan Student Number: 09078935 Submission Date: 08/12/11 Word Count: 2200 (excluding Appendices) Critically evaluate that whether the requirement of Emotional Labour in hospitality and tourism work is ethical. The endeavour of this essay is to critically evaluate whether the use of emotional labour within the hospitality and tourism industry
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Emotional Labor and Emotional Exhaustion CITATION: Magdalene Ang Chooi Hwa (December 2012) ‘Emotional Labor and Emotional Exhaustion’‚ Journal Of Management Research Volume 12‚ Issue No. 3‚ Page No. 115 – 127 Summary: This study examines the emotional labor process‚ operationalized as surface acting and deep acting‚ as performed by hotel employees in Sabah‚ Malaysia. It also investigates the influence of emotional labor on emotional exhaustion‚ and the potential role of co-worker support
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KÜBRA ESEN SOCIOLOGY/110102011 EMOTIONAL LABOUR SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE In the article‚ which I choose to study and examine‚ writer Arlie Hochschild describes a term which she calls ‘emotional labour’. There used to be two kinds of labour‚ which were ‘physical’ and ‘mental’ but with the explanations of Arlie Hochschild‚ emotional labour is now one of them. What is emotional labour? Arlie Hochschild created the term ’emotional labour’ in 1983‚ which she described it as “management of feeling to create
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The Importance of Emotional Intelligence Nyal Navales Emotional Intelligence PSY/301 Yulian Cordero 3/26/13 Only until recently‚ psychologist was able to realize the importance of Emotional Intelligence. To better understand what emotional intelligence means is to understand each word separately. What is Emotion? This can be easily found in a dictionary as so “an affective state of consciousness in which joy‚ sorrow‚ fear‚ hate‚ or the like‚ is experiences‚ as distinguished from cognitive
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Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Benjamin J. White Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract This paper explores the concept of emotional intelligence and the effects on leadership. The articles discussed in the paper analyzed the different array of qualities in emotional intelligence towards leadership. Emotional intelligence is a way of behaving and acting towards situations and people. Leadership styles must adapt to the situations and exhibit empathy at times to support the perception
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