Mumby (2019), in his provocative article, playfully asks, “Work: What is it good for?”, and answers his own question by stating, “Absolutely nothing!” We reach quite a different answer to his question and feel that work is good for “almost everything.” In particular, we want to address comments that he made about the negative effects of emotional labor and about organizational attempts to regulate employees’ emotions. Indeed, we feel that the overwhelming evidence is that work is good for people’s emotional states and their overall well-being.

中文翻译：

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工作：有什么用？几乎所有的！

Mumby (2019) 在他的挑衅性文章中开玩笑地问：“工作：它有什么用？”，并回答他自己的问题：“绝对没有！” 我们对他的问题得出了完全不同的答案，并认为工作对“几乎所有事情”都有好处。特别是，我们想解决他对情绪劳动的负面影响和组织试图调节员工情绪的评论。事实上，我们认为压倒性的证据表明工作有益于人们的情绪状态和整体幸福感。