Emotional Labour and its Consequences: The Moderating Effect of Emotional Intelligence
Individual Sources, Dynamics, and Expressions of Emotion
ISBN: 978-1-78190-888-4, eISBN: 978-1-78190-889-1
Publication date: 29 July 2013
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between emotional labour and burnout and the moderating effect of emotional intelligence on this relationship. The survey was conducted at several tourism and hospitality organizations in Florida, USA. The results show that both acting strategies of emotional labour relate positively to burnout. Tests of moderation show that emotional intelligence reduces employee burnout. These findings contribute to the literature on emotional labour by incorporating emotional intelligence as a moderator, and provide some guidance for human resource practitioners about potentially beneficial training and recruitment activities. They also have implications for customer relationship management.
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Citation
Prentice, C. (2013), "Emotional Labour and its Consequences: The Moderating Effect of Emotional Intelligence", Individual Sources, Dynamics, and Expressions of Emotion (Research on Emotion in Organizations, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 187-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1746-9791(2013)0000009013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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