Alleviating the burden of emotional labor : the role of social sharing

Difficult customer interactions cause service employees to experience negative emotions and to engage in emotional labor. The present laboratory study examined whether social sharing (i.e., talking about an emotionally arousing work event with one’s coworkers) can attenuate the residual anger linger...

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Main Authors: Wang, L., Jones, K. S., McCance, A. S., Nye, C. D., Chiu, Chi-yue
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-999302023-05-19T06:44:40Z Alleviating the burden of emotional labor : the role of social sharing Wang, L. Jones, K. S. McCance, A. S. Nye, C. D. Chiu, Chi-yue Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Public relations Difficult customer interactions cause service employees to experience negative emotions and to engage in emotional labor. The present laboratory study examined whether social sharing (i.e., talking about an emotionally arousing work event with one’s coworkers) can attenuate the residual anger lingering after a taxing service episode. Participants assumed the role of customer service representatives for a fictitious technical support hotline and encountered either neutral or difficult service interactions. After fielding three easy or three difficult calls, participants were given the opportunity to engage in social sharing by talking about (a) the facts that just transpired, (b) the feelings aroused by the encounters, or (c) the positive aspects of the experience, or they were asked to complete a filler task. Results from quantitative data revealed that participants who engaged in difficult (vs. neutral) customer interactions reported more surface acting and felt more anger. Engaging in social sharing was beneficial: All three types of social sharing were effective in reducing the anger aroused by handling demanding customers. Findings from qualitative analyses suggested that different mechanisms might have contributed to the effectiveness of the three types of social sharing. Future research directions and implications for practice are discussed. 2013-11-05T05:23:31Z 2019-12-06T20:13:45Z 2013-11-05T05:23:31Z 2019-12-06T20:13:45Z 2010 2010 Journal Article McCance, A. S., Nye, C. D., Wang, L., Jones, K. S., & Chiu, C.-y. (2013). Alleviating the burden of emotional labor : the role of social sharing. Journal of management, 39(2), 392-415. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99930 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17259 10.1177/0149206310383909 en Journal of management © 2010 The Author(s).
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Alleviating the burden of emotional labor : the role of social sharing
description Difficult customer interactions cause service employees to experience negative emotions and to engage in emotional labor. The present laboratory study examined whether social sharing (i.e., talking about an emotionally arousing work event with one’s coworkers) can attenuate the residual anger lingering after a taxing service episode. Participants assumed the role of customer service representatives for a fictitious technical support hotline and encountered either neutral or difficult service interactions. After fielding three easy or three difficult calls, participants were given the opportunity to engage in social sharing by talking about (a) the facts that just transpired, (b) the feelings aroused by the encounters, or (c) the positive aspects of the experience, or they were asked to complete a filler task. Results from quantitative data revealed that participants who engaged in difficult (vs. neutral) customer interactions reported more surface acting and felt more anger. Engaging in social sharing was beneficial: All three types of social sharing were effective in reducing the anger aroused by handling demanding customers. Findings from qualitative analyses suggested that different mechanisms might have contributed to the effectiveness of the three types of social sharing. Future research directions and implications for practice are discussed.
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title Alleviating the burden of emotional labor : the role of social sharing
title_short Alleviating the burden of emotional labor : the role of social sharing
title_full Alleviating the burden of emotional labor : the role of social sharing
title_fullStr Alleviating the burden of emotional labor : the role of social sharing
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