1. Introduction: Why Emotional Labor Matters in Public Service -- 2. Thinking Globally About the Public Service Work Experience -- 3: Trending Interconnectedness: The Value of Comparative Analysis -- 4. Understanding Emotional Labor at the Individual Level -- 5. Understanding Emotional Labor at...

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Perspectives on Emotional Labor in Public Service challenges traditional public administration theory and its disavowal of the emotive component to public service delivery. Providing a comprehensive and comparative overview of the current research in this...