Emotional labor mind map

 Cast your mind back to all the organisations you have interacted with in the past few weeks. Reflect on your interactions for evidence of emotional labour. Note down as many examples as you can with a short concise description of how emotional labour was performed and what impact this ‘performance’ had on you. Create a mind map to communicate these examples and effects of emotional labour.




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