• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.486-496
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• 2018

고객무례행동은 서비스 직무를 수행하는 직원들에게 중요한 스트레스 요인으로 작용되어 왔으며, 이는 공무원 조직의 민원처리업무를 수행하는 직원들에게도 동일하게 나타나고 있다. 본 연구는 공무원 조직을 대상으로 고객 무례행동의 부정적 효과 및 이를 줄일 수 있는 방안 파악을 연구목적으로 제시하였다. 본 연구 목적을 달성하기 위하여 자원보존이론을 바탕으로, 고객 접점에서 발생하는 고객 무례행동을 경험한 직원은 부정적 정서를 유발하게 되며 이는 결국 감정소진을 이끌게 될 것이라 예측하였다. 또한 직원들이 지각하는 사회적 지원(조직지원, 상사지원, 동료지원)이 고객무례행동과 부정적 정서간의 관계를 완화시켜줄 것이라 예측하였다. 본 연구는 공공기관의 공무원들을 대상으로 수집한 481부의 설문지를 바탕으로 분석하였으며 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 고객무례행동은 부정적 정서를 유발한다. 둘째, 부정적 정서는 고객무례행동과 감정소진과의 관계를 매개한다. 셋째, 고객무례행동과 부정적 정서와의 관계는 사회적 지원 중 조직지원인식만이 조절효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 연구결과를 바탕으로 연구의 시사점 한계 및 향후 연구방향을 제시하였다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.107-118
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• 2019

Purpose - The present study examines the effect of service employees' experienced customer incivility through their emotional exhaustion. We identified service employees' emotion regulation ability as a boundary condition (i.e., moderating variable) that decreased the positive relationship between service employees' experienced customer incivility and their emotional exhaustion. Furthermore, we also investigated the negative relationship between service employees' experienced customer incivility and their service performance via emotional exhaustion. Research design, data, and methodology - Drawing on AET (affective event theory) and COR (conservation of resources) theory, we developed three research hypotheses (i.e., mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation). Online panel survey data from 552 frontline employees at several service organizations (e.g., department stores, retail stores, hotels, restaurants, airlines, banking, insurance company, and etc) in South Korea were examined. To assess two types of validity (i.e., convergent and discriminant validity) and reliability of measurement model, we employed the CFA (confirmatory factor analysis) using M-plus 8.2 software. Internal consistency also was tested by Cronbach' α. In addition, we employed the SPSS PROCESS MACRO 2.16, which was recommended by Hayes (2013, 2015), to estimate mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation effects. Results - As predicted, the negative relationship between service employees' experienced customer incivility and their service performance was mediated by emotional exhaustion. Furthermore, service employees' emotion regulation ability also played a significant moderating role of the relationship between service employees' experienced customer incivility and emotional exhaustion, such that this relationship was less pronounced when service employees had a high level of their emotion regulation ability than when thir emotion regulation ability was low. Service employees' emotion regulation ability further moderated this mediation effect of service employees' experienced customer incivility on service performance through emotional exhaustion. These findings have theoretical implications for employees' experienced customer incivility and emotion regulation ability research and provide managerial implications for practitioners. Conclusions - This study empirically elaborated the previous model of service employees' experienced customer incivility and personal resource (e.g., emotion regulation ability) literature by presenting the findings that service employees' experienced customer incivility influences their service performance via emotional exhaustion and that emotion regulation ability effectively reduces this negative effect.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2017

This study intended to examine transitive relation among customer incivility perceived by deluxe hotel frontline employees, burnout, and deviant workplace behaviors and clarify the moderating effect of employees' stress. A total of 230 employees working in deluxe hotels in Seoul, the capital of Korea, in 2017 comprised the sample in this study. The hypothesized relationships in the model were tested simultaneously by using structural equation modelling (SEM). As results, customer incivility perceived by deluxe hotel frontline employees had significant (p<.001) positive influence on their burnout(${\beta}=.38$, t-value=4.93). Employees' burnout positively influenced their deviant workplace behaviors (${\beta}=.56$, t-value=7.22). In addition, customer incivility was found to positively affect employees' deviant workplace behaviors(${\beta}=.26$, t-value=3.90), and therefore, the moderating role of stress level was not verified. The findings of this study suggested that deluxe hotels are supposed to enhance their frontline service by providing orientation for customers through promotion materials. Limitations and future research directions of this study were also well established and discussed.