The Impact of Emotional Labor and Conflict-Management Style on Work Exhaustion of Information Technology Professionals
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-7-2011
Publication Title
Communications of the Association for Information Systems
DOI
10.17705/1CAIS.03613
ISSN
1529-3181
Abstract
Work exhaustion of information technology (IT) professionals is a serious concern. This study offers a unique perspective on IT professional work exhaustion by drawing on two theoretical domains: emotional labor and conflict management. Emotional labor theory is concerned with employee’s display of emotion in the workplace while conflict management theory addresses one’s preferred style when conflict arises. This study identifies links between the ways in which one responds to conflict situations and the way in which one monitors and controls emotional displays. The experience of conflict tends to generate negative emotions while display rules govern appropriate emotional demeanors in the workplace. The findings suggest that the perception of display rules influences conflict management styles. Furthermore, conflict management styles influence the use of strategies of deep acting and surface acting which have differential relationships with work exhaustion.
Recommended Citation
Rutner, Paige, Cynthia Riemenschneider.
2011.
"The Impact of Emotional Labor and Conflict-Management Style on Work Exhaustion of Information Technology Professionals."
Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 36 (13): 231-259: AIS eLibrary.
doi: 10.17705/1CAIS.03613 source: 10.17705/1CAIS.03613
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/info-sys-facpubs/181
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