This study is to establish the effect of the personal characteristics of call center counselors who are working by their emotional labor and also the call center counselors' perceive organizational support by organizational support on their organizati...
This study is to establish the effect of the personal characteristics of call center counselors who are working by their emotional labor and also the call center counselors' perceive organizational support by organizational support on their organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. The call center counselors interact with customers one to one through voice, they have to express certain emotions depending on a response script set by call center, also they have to endure emotion rules set by the organization, this emotional labor degree is not only increasing chronic stress like job depression but also high possibility to decrease positive attitude and behavior induction for organization competitiveness. This result shows there is a considerable problem which is based on the recent turnover rate of call center counselors. Therefore, this study was looking for various clues that can be utilized in call center's employee selection, training through the confirmation for call center counselors' personal characteristics have influences on organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. Also, the degree of call center counselors' perceived organization support confirm the effects between counselors' personal characteristics and dependent variable, we confirm each counselors' Person- Job Fit and Person- Organization Fit connecting person and organization level. The results of this study is expected to be an opportunity to offer the clues about how the companies call centers treat their counselors to develop both individuals and organizations. The results and implications of this study are as follows: First, we confirm the effects three kinds of personal characteristics(emotional intelligence, self- esteem, self- efficacy) on organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior. As a result, Self- esteem, Self-efficacy except Emotional Intelligence has positive(+) influences on organizational commitment, and all variables have positive(+) influences on organizational citizenship behavior. This result implies, call center has to support for counselors' positive attitude and behavior about organization and job, and call center has to form various programs and organization cultures to appraise counselors importantly and worthily by co- workers and superiors who has significant influences in call center. Also, it implies, call center provides the opportunity to have experience the small success with detail plans, spread the examples of succeed counselors, and call center has to make manager's praise for counselors, various goals for checking the ability to work together, create a organization atmosphere full of vitality for themselves. Second, the verification result of perceived organizational support mediator effects on call center counselors' personal characteristics, organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior, perceived organizational support is full mediation between self- esteem and organizational commitment, perceived organizational support is part mediation between self- efficacy and organizational commitment, perceived organizational support is full mediation between self- esteem and organizational citizenship behavior, perceived organizational support is part mediation between self-efficacy and organizational citizenship behavior. This results was established, perceived organizational support and self-efficacy are so important variables to increase organizational citizenship behavior. Finally, the verification result on moderating effects of perceived organizational support on call center counselors' personal characteristics, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, perceived organizational support was not moderating effects, the moderating effects of perceived organizational support has positive(+) influences in between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. This result implies call center needs the approach method and different perspectives to increase the degree of call center counselors' organizational commitment.