02084cam a2200313 i 4500 22337980 OSt 20250729142533.0 211204t20222022ksu b 001 0 eng 2021027387 9780700632985 Pbk. Np. MMSU ULS LB 2341 A34 2022 CIRC Affective labor and alt-ac careers / edited by Lee Skallerup Bessette. Affective labor and alternative academic careers Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2022. x, 251 pages ; 24 cm. Rethinking Careers, Rethinking Academia Includes bibliographical references and index. "In her groundbreaking work The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling (1983), the sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild described "emotional labor management" as follows: "to induce or suppress feeling in order to sustain the outward countenance that produces the proper state of mind in others." An example would be someone working in customer relations, who must keep calm and be pleasant even when dealing with someone who is irate. While scholars like Sarah Ahmed and bell hooks have explored the affective realm when it comes to teaching and being a professor, there is less about the experience of those working in non-teaching areas of academia-"alt-ac." The purpose of this volume is to allow an opportunity for those in alt-ac careers to examine and share their affective experiences in their roles in technology, administration, research, and academic support services and as librarians, academic advisors, and writing center instructors-among others"-- Provided by publisher. College administrators Psychology United States. Teacher-administrator relationships United States. Emotions Social aspects. Work Psychological aspects. Motivation in education. Affective education. Bessette, Lee Skallerup, 1977- editor. lcc BK 26478 26478 0 0 lcc 0 0 MMSU_MAIN MMSU_MAIN CIRCULATION 2025-07-29 D-25-0361 0 LB 2341 A34 2022 CIRC 40758 2025-07-29 2025-07-29 BK