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Are emotional display rules formal job requirements? Examination of employee and supervisor perceptions
Author(s) -
Diefendorff James M.,
Richard Erin M.,
Croyle Meredith H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317905x68484
Subject(s) - supervisor , psychology , perception , social psychology , emotional labor , applied psychology , management , neuroscience , economics
This study explored whether emotional display rules are perceived by part‐time employees and their supervisors as formal job requirements. Results showed that display‐related behaviours were thought to be required activities (i.e. in‐role) by the majority of the sample, and that employees and supervisors generally agreed in this perception. Job‐based differences in interpersonal requirements predicted the extent to which employees and supervisors categorized display‐related behaviours as required, with more interpersonal requirements being associated with greater in‐role categorization. Job‐based differences in interpersonal requirements also predicted the level of agreement between employees and supervisors in categorizing display‐related behaviours as in‐role or extra‐role. Finally, job satisfaction and job involvement predicted the extent to which employees categorized emotional display behaviours as being required in their jobs, with more satisfied and more involved individuals rating emotional display behaviours as in‐role at a higher rate than less satisfied and less involved individuals.