Before revision: It may be defined as the management of one's own feelings or as work done in a conscious effort to maintain the well being of a relationship; though some would reserve the term emotion work for work upon the self alone, as opposed to emotion work on others.
After revision: Emotion work may be defined as the management of one's own feelings , or work done in an effort to maintain the well being of a relationship; there is dispute as to whether emotion work is only work done regulating one’s own emotion, or extends to performing the emotional work for others.