Etymology

emotional labor

Today it means: The act of managing feelings and displaying certain expressions in order to meet the requirements of a job. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

Coined by American professor and author Arlie Russell Hochschild in 1983 in her book The Managed Heart.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.