Title
The importance of emotional display rules for employee well-being: A multi-group comparison
Author
Ybema, J.F.
van Dam, K.
Publication year
2014
Abstract
'Serving with a smile' has generally been associated with negative effects for employee well-being. The present study investigated whether emotional display rules also relate to positive outcomes by distinguishing demands to suppress negative emotional response (negative display rules) from demands to express positive emotions (positive display rules). In line with the job demands-resources model, outcomes involved emotional exhaustion and work engagement. Participants were employees in three occupational groups in the human service profession: sales (N = 480), healthcare (N = 399), and education (N = 220). The outcomes of a multi-group analysis in LISREL revealed for all three occupational groups that negative display rules were related to emotional exhaustion while positive display rules were associated with work engagement. Together, these findings suggest that 'serving with a smile' can enhance employee well-being, when the emphasis is on showing positive affects instead of suppressing negative affects. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
Subject
Resilient Organisations
WHC - Work, Health and Care
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Work and Employment
Workplace
Healthy Living
Affect regulation
Emotional display rules
Emotional exhaustion
Well-being
Work engagement
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.898319
TNO identifier
503229
ISSN
1743-9779
Source
Journal of Positive Psychology, 9 (4), 366-376
Document type
article