English Dictionary

emotional labor

名詞

不可算名詞

The act of managing feelings and displaying certain expressions in order to meet the requirements of a job. / Jobs which require such management and display.

日本語の意味

仕事の要求に応じて、自分の感情を管理し、特定の表情や態度を作り出す行為 / そのような感情管理や表現を求められる職種や業務

Retail employees often perform emotional labor when they smile through long shifts to keep customers happy.

小売店の従業員は、顧客を喜ばせるために長時間のシフト中も笑顔を保つなど、感情労働を行うことがよくあります。

意味（1）

The act of managing feelings and displaying certain expressions in order to meet the requirements of a job.

It was that “pinch,” or conflict, between such feelings and the pilot’s Call for authenticity that led me to write down in my own notebook, emotional labor.

意味（2）

Jobs which require such management and display.

In emotional labor jobs (Hochschild 1983), emotional displays are a matter of survival rather than personal choice, as job security and pay are dependent on them.

意味（3）

The display and management of emotion in non-professional, interpersonal relationships; emotion work.

The divide in who does what when it comes to housework persists because of our gendered expectation for women to perform emotional labor. We are the ones who decide whether to do a task ourselves or to delegate it to someone else, and doing physical labor is often the easier road.