Emotional Labor in Health Care: The Moderating Roles of Personality and the Mediating Role of Sleep on Job Performance and Satisfaction

Frontiers in Psychology

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Shu-Chuan Jennifer Yeh¹  Shih-Hua Sarah Chen²  Kuo-Shu Yuan³  Willy Chou⁴  Thomas T. H. Wan⁶ 

[1] Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-sen University;Division of Social Science, University of Chicago, United States;School of Business Administration, Huaqiao University;Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chi Mei Medical Center;Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chong Shan University;Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida, United States

关键词: emotional labor;    sleep problems;    personality traits;    job satisfaction;    job performance;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.574898

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of emotional labor on job performance and satisfaction, as well as to examine the mediating effect of sleep problems and the moderating effects of personality traits. A time-lagged study was conducted on 864 health professionals. Scales for emotional labor, sleep, personality traits, and job satisfaction were used and job performance data was obtained from records maintained by human resources. Structural equation modeling was performed to investigate the relations. Sleep problems only partially mediated the relationship between surface acting and job satisfaction but completely mediated the relationship between surface acting and job performance. Several personality traits were shown to moderate the relationship between surface acting and sleep problems. The effects were stronger for people with low agreeableness and high neuroticism. The relationship between high levels of deep acting and low levels of sleep problems was more pronounced in individuals with low extraversion. Supervisors should be conscious of emotional labor in the work context and provide necessary deep acting training to facilitate emotional regulation.

【 授权许可】

CC BY