Emotional labor

About: Emotional labor is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3948 publications have been published within this topic receiving 112110 citations. The topic is also known as: emotional labour.

Job demand and employee well-being: A moderated mediation model of emotional intelligence and surface acting

Abstract: The extant research on emotional labor (EL) has focused on positive and negative outcomes observed in the workplace; however, many fundamental questions remain unanswered. The research has yet to consider what factors buffer the negative outcomes of EL. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between workload job demand and employee well-being with mediating effects of surface acting (SA) and moderating effects of emotional intelligence (EI) in service organizations.,The authors used two wave data from a sample of 207 emergency medical technicians to test the hypotheses.,By integrating SA, EI and employee well-being with the conservation of resource theory, the authors found evidence of an indirect effect of workload job demand on emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction via SA. The results of moderated mediation show that the negative relationship between SA and job satisfaction was low when EI was high and the positive relationship between SA and emotional exhaustion was low when EI was high.,A major limitation of the present study is that all the participants were male and drawn from a single profession within the same organization. Another limitation is that the data were collected through self-reports.,This research has important theoretical and practical implications for service organizations wishing to buffer the harmful effects of SA on employees. This study presents key theoretical implications for the EL and well-being literatures. An important practical implication is that EI is a good resource for managing SA’s negative outcomes.,The current study contributes to the extant research by showing that workload job demands have negative effects on employee well-being via SA resulting in reduced job satisfaction and increased emotional exhaustion. Further, the negative outcomes of SA on employee well-being can be buffered through EI by taking EI as an emotional resource. High level of EI helps employees to mitigate the harmful effects of SA.

The role of chronological age and work experience on emotional labor

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how chronological age and work experience affect emotional labor strategies (i.e. deep acting and surface acting) through emotional intelligence (EI). Design/methodology/approach – Structural equation modeling analysis provided support for the hypotheses based on a sample of 256 flight attendants working for four South Korean airlines. Findings – The results showed that chronological age has a positive effect on both surface and deep acting. The study also found that work experience has a negative influence on surface acting, whereas it has a non-significant effect on deep acting. In addition, the investigation suggests that EI mediates the relationship between work experience and deep acting. Originality/value – The current study will add to the growing body of research on emotional labor by examining the effect of chronological age and work experience on emotional labor strategies through EI.

Influence of Emotional Labor on Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intention of Clinical Nurses

Abstract: 본 연구의 목적은 종합병원 간호사의 감정노동이 직무몰입, 직무만족 및 이직의도에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 시도된 서술적 조사연구이다. B시에 소재한 종합병원 간호사 258명에 대한 자료를 2013년 10월 11일부터 11월 30일까지 수집하여 SPSS win 21.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구 결과 감정노동은 평균 3.47점, 직무몰입은 2.94점, 직무만족 2.88점, 이직의도는 3.49점으로 나타났으며, 감정노동과 직무몰입, 직무만족과의 관계는 부적 상관관계를 나타냈으며, 이직의도와는 정적 상관관계를 나타냈다. 대상자의 일반적 특성을 통제한 후 감정노동은 직무몰입에 대해서는 33.9%, 직무만족에 대해서는 16%, 이직의도에 대해서는 19.8%의 설명력을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 감정노동이 종합병원 간호사의 직무몰입과 직무만족에 부정적으로 영향을 미치며, 간호업무수행에 높은 영향력을 미치게 되어 업무성과를 감소시키게 되고, 이직의도를 증가시키는 중요한 요인이 된다. 따라서 본 연구결과로 종합병원 간호사에게 감정노동을 관리하기 위한 전략을 마련하여 간호의 질적인 향상을 도모할 수 있을 것이다. 【This study investigated the emotional labor factors influencing job involvement, job satisfaction and turnover intention of clinical nurses. Study subjects were 258 nurses at a hospital in B city. The data was collected from October 11, to November 30, 2013. The data was analyzed using the SPSS win 21.0 program. The mean scores were 3.47 for emotional labor, 2.94 for job involvement, 2.88 for job satisfaction, and 3.49 for turnover intention. Emotional labor was negatively correlated with job involvement and job satisfaction, but positively correlated with the turnover intention. Multiple regression analysis showed that the participant characteristics after controlling for emotional labor had 33.9% of the explanatory power on job involvement 16% on job satisfaction, and 19.8% on the turnover intention. The results indicate that the emotional labor of nurses influences their job involvement, job satisfaction and turnover intention Therefore, it is necessary to concentrate on improving the emotional labor of nurses to increase their job involvement and job satisfaction.】

Emotional Labor and Performance in the Field of Child Life: Initial Model Exploration and Implications for Practice

Abstract: The need to suppress emotion and sustain outward expressions in pediatric health care facilities can be overwhelming for employees, leading to low job performance and high turnover. This is particularly true within the field of child life. Notwithstanding, retention and performance of health care professionals have emerged as national agenda items, and hospital administrators are routinely asked to increase performance, reduce turnover, and increase patient-care quality. Although human health care professionals are asked to support these initiatives, few evidence-based models are available to guide intervention. This correlational study (N = 241) examined links among organizational-level climate variables, turnover-related attitudes, and emotional labor in the field of child life. Hypotheses were tested through correlational and hierarchical regression analytic procedures. Contributions to practice and recommendations for future research are discussed.