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The Generation Logic and Theoretical Implications of Occupational Stress Among International Chinese Language Teachers from the Perspective of Emotional Labor Theory

Qianwen Sun

Abstract


This study applies Hochschilds emotional labor theory to analyze the formation of occupational stress among international Chinese
language teachers. Findings reveal that such stress originates from a dual emotional burden in cross-cultural teaching: fulfilling core emotional duties while compensating for cultural gaps through emotional labor. Stress generation follows a triple implicit logic: institutional and
cultural pressures trigger conflicts between surface and deep acting; suppression of authentic feelings and accumulated invisible labor cause
self-alienation; systemic neglect of emotional value intensifies role fragmentation and cultural identity anxiety. Dual-path mitigation strategies
are proposed: teachers should enhance emotional competence and professional resource reserves; institutions should build emotional support
ecosystems, implement institutionalized value recognition, establish teachers central role in emotional governance, and achieve technicalemotional governance synergy.

Keywords


Emotional labor; International Chinese language teachers; Occupational stress

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/neet.v3i7.7227

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