Reducing the negative effects of emotion work in service occupations: emotional competence as a psychological resource

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Reducing the negative effects of emotion work in service occupations: emotional competence as a psychological resource. / Giardini, Angelo; Frese, Michael.
In: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 1, 01.01.2006, p. 63-75.

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title = "Reducing the negative effects of emotion work in service occupations: emotional competence as a psychological resource",
abstract = "Although emotion work and emotional competence focus on similar processes, there has been a lack of integration between the 2 concepts. Emotion work is the regulatory effort to express organizationally desired emotions, whereas emotional competence encompasses skills that focus on how people deal with and regulate their own affect and that of others. The general hypothesis of this study was that emotional competence can be regarded as an important personal resource in emotion work because it moderates the relationships between work characteristics, emotional dissonance, and outcome variables. Eighty-four service employees completed a questionnaire on their working conditions and their well-being. In addition, peer ratings for emotional competence were completed. The authors found that emotional competence moderated most of the proposed relationships between work characteristics and emotional dissonance, between emotional dissonance and outcome variables, and between work characteristics and outcome variables.",
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