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Becoming a Character for Commerce
Emotion Labor, Self-Subordination, and Discursive Construction of Identity in a Total Institution
Sarah J. Tracy
Arizona State University
This study of cruise ship activities’ directors analyzes emotion labor, self-subordination, and discursive construction of identity in the context of a total institution. It opens with a review of social theories of emotion and emotion work and Foucauldian concepts of power and identity. The case, based on fieldnotes, documents, and interview data, analyzes (a) the arbitrary nature of emotion rules; (b) the dispersion of emotion control among supervisors, passengers, peers, and the self; (c) employee self-subordination and privatization of burnout; and (d) identity as coconstituted through resistance and consent to emotion labor norms. The article concludes with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications.
Management Communication Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 1,
90-128 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0893318900141004
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