Humanitas: Indonesian Psychological Journal
Vol 16, Number 2: August 2019

The effect of emotional labour on work satisfaction and emotional display behaviour

Rury Siti Ruhaniah (Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Indonesia)
Rayini Dahesihsari (Master of Professional Psychology Program, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Aug 2019

Abstract

Improving the quality of service in the hospitality industry is a strategic agenda that enables the increase of foreign exchange income. Internal factors affect the quality of service, particularly factors related to emotional processing (emotional labour) of service workers that are associated with the display of an expected emotional expression (emotional display behaviour) when providing services. Furthermore, another essential aspect to consider how to express the expected emotional expression well while also maintaining work comfort (job satisfaction) of the service providers. This research explored the effect of emotional labour on emotional display behaviour and job satisfaction. The study was conducted in a 5-star hotel, involving 94 front liner employees selected through convenience sampling. The study used the Surface and Deep Act Scale, Management Behavior Scale and MSQ-Short Scale. One-way ANOVA was used to analyze the data. The results showed that emotional labour profile had a positive effect on job satisfaction but not on emotional display behaviour. Therefore emotional labour as a personal capital needs to be addressed to enhance job satisfaction.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

HUMANITAS

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

HUMANITAS (ISSN: 1693-7236) focuses on psychology research and cover all branch of psychology sciences. This journal is peer-review. Jurnal Humanitas berfokus pada penelitian psikologi and mencakup semua cabang ilmu psikologi. Jurnal ini merupakan jurnal ...