This Study examines the effect of execution of emotional labor on the psychological wellness of workers at elderly living facility by examining job stress generated due to negative psychological effect arising from emotional labor. Furthermore, the re...
This Study examines the effect of execution of emotional labor on the psychological wellness of workers at elderly living facility by examining job stress generated due to negative psychological effect arising from emotional labor. Furthermore, the results of emotional labor can vary according not only to personal dispositions but also to social support. It is possible to regulate in order to enhance organizational effectiveness by alleviating stress generating in organizational life and imparting affirmative effect through social support.
For this Study, questionnaire survey was conducted by distributing total of 300 copies of questionnaire to 24 senior welfare centers from February 20 to March 31, 2010. Among these, 276 copies used in data analysis. Collected data was verified through frequency analysis, t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis by using SPSS 18.0 program.
Following results were obtained.
Firstly, What is the difference personal characteristics, emotional labor, social support of workers at elderly living facility and job stress?
Secondly, What is the difference the population according to major demographic variables, personal characteristics, emotional labor, social support, job stress?
Thirdly, Any adjustment to the job stress and social support are effective?
To attain the research goal, the degree of emotional labor of the employees was examined, and through analyzing the relationship between job stress they experience and their characteristics of sociology of population, the relationship between job stress, emotional labor, personality characteristics, and social support was analyzed.
As setting the underlying characteristics of employees in facilities for the elderly and the degree of emotional labor as independent variables, social support as a mediating variable, and job stress as a dependent variable, it has been found that each factor differently affects job stress.
First, when the aspects of emotional labor of the employees in facilities for the elderly, as the average monthly income is higher, working years are more, monthly holidays are fewer, health conditions are better, and motivation of working is to lessen the financial burden, the subjects experience more emotional labor than others.
Second, among the general characteristics, when they have ‘no religion’, ‘academic background’ is college graduation, health conditions are ‘very good’, reason for working is to get ‘a specialized job’, working years at the present workplace is ‘1 to 3 years’, working years at the social welfare facility are ‘3 to 5 years’, working hours are ‘over 8 hours’, monthly holidays are ‘more than 7’, they recognize social support highly.
Third, according to the result, among the general characteristics, when subjects are ‘over 50’, daily working hours are ‘over 8 hours’, and monthly holidays are ‘5 to 7 times’, their job stress is low.
Fourth, according to the result of correlation analysis, variables showing positive correlation with emotional labor are income, working experience at the present workplace, and experience of social welfare, and variables showing negative correlation are sex, health conditions, working hours, monthly holidays, and extroversion. Variables having positive correlation with social support are health conditions, working experience at the present workplace, working hours and monthly holidays, extrovert personality, affinity, and diligence, and age and emotional labor affect social support negatively. Moreover, variables showing positive correlation with the dependent variable, job stress are sex, health conditions, working hours, extroversion, openness, and social support, and it has negative correlation with working experience at the present workplace, experience of social welfare, affinity, and emotional labor.
Fifth, factors affecting job stress are affinity, openness, and emotional labor, and as affinity is higher, job stress gets higher, and as openness becomes higher, job stress is less. And as recognition on emotional labor is higher, job stress gets higher, too. Also, as social support is more, job stress becomes lower.