Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu
The main objective of this thesis was to determine whether supportive supervisor could be utilized as the moderator in the relationship between emotional labor and burnout. Data were collected via self-administered questionaires from front-line employees working in different small and medium-sized a...
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| description | The main objective of this thesis was to determine whether supportive supervisor could be utilized as the moderator in the relationship between emotional labor and burnout. Data were collected via self-administered questionaires from front-line employees working in different small and medium-sized accommodation businesses in Kata Kinabalu. The data were analysed using various statistical analysis including factor analyses, reliability analyses, descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, multiple regression analyses and hierachical regression analyses. Supportive supervisor was expected to moderate the relationship between emotional Labor and burnout so that individual who perform emotional labor would experience less burnout with the presence of supervisor support. Surprisingly, result from the analysis shown there is an absence of moderating effect of supportive supervisor which contradicts with the job-demand resource model. Therefore, finding suggests social support is applicable in all level of stress. If moderation does take place, then support is viewed as crucial only as a form of resource especially during the period when an individual faces circumstances or positions that are considers as relatively high stress. The implications for managers and practitioners is to ensure provision of instrument support such as handbook in handle difficult customer. Limitations of current study includes data was collected at a point of time. Suggestions for future research include considerations cultural factor are also discussed in this paper. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-376672023-11-29T02:01:21Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37667/ Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu Lee, Soo Hon HD28-70 Management. Industrial management The main objective of this thesis was to determine whether supportive supervisor could be utilized as the moderator in the relationship between emotional labor and burnout. Data were collected via self-administered questionaires from front-line employees working in different small and medium-sized accommodation businesses in Kata Kinabalu. The data were analysed using various statistical analysis including factor analyses, reliability analyses, descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, multiple regression analyses and hierachical regression analyses. Supportive supervisor was expected to moderate the relationship between emotional Labor and burnout so that individual who perform emotional labor would experience less burnout with the presence of supervisor support. Surprisingly, result from the analysis shown there is an absence of moderating effect of supportive supervisor which contradicts with the job-demand resource model. Therefore, finding suggests social support is applicable in all level of stress. If moderation does take place, then support is viewed as crucial only as a form of resource especially during the period when an individual faces circumstances or positions that are considers as relatively high stress. The implications for managers and practitioners is to ensure provision of instrument support such as handbook in handle difficult customer. Limitations of current study includes data was collected at a point of time. Suggestions for future research include considerations cultural factor are also discussed in this paper. 2014 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37667/1/24%20PAGES.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37667/2/FULLTEXT.pdf Lee, Soo Hon (2014) Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. |
| spellingShingle | HD28-70 Management. Industrial management Lee, Soo Hon Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu |
| title | Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu |
| title_full | Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu |
| title_fullStr | Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu |
| title_short | Does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium-sized accommodation in Kota Kinabalu |
| title_sort | does a supportive supervisor moderate the effect of emotional labor on burnout amongst employees of small and medium sized accommodation in kota kinabalu |
| topic | HD28-70 Management. Industrial management |
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