Review on Emotional Labour—a Case Study of the President Club Scandal

Journal: Modern Economics & Management Forum DOI: 10.32629/memf.v1i2.165

Hui Gong

Institute of Information Technology, Guilin University of Electronic Technology

Abstract

The research of emotional labour had started 20 years ago, and the existing literature is the research mostly cover on the influence factors of emotional labour from the micro level. This study is based on a specific case of the President Club scandal, by using the concepts of emotional labour, the author discusses the relationship between personal factors and emotional labour. In addition, the reasons which result in the scandal in a charity fund-raise party has been illustrated with examples and issues from the case.

Keywords

emotional labour, emotional intelligence, case study

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