Abusive supervision and emotional labour on a daily basis: The role of employee mindfulness

This study examined the relationships between abusive supervision, subordinates' work engagement and their emotional labour on a daily basis. Based on an experience sampling study of 95 frontline hospitality employees over 10 working days, the results revealed the complex consequences of abusiv...

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Published in:Tourism management (1982) 2023-06, Vol.96, p.104719, Article 104719
Main Authors: Yu, Yitong, Xu, Shi Tracy, Li, Gang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abusive supervision
Emotional labour
Experience sampling method
Work engagement
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Summary:This study examined the relationships between abusive supervision, subordinates' work engagement and their emotional labour on a daily basis. Based on an experience sampling study of 95 frontline hospitality employees over 10 working days, the results revealed the complex consequences of abusive supervision on subordinates in the hospitality industry. The results showed that daily abusive supervision was positively related to employees' daily surface acting through their daily work engagement, but it was not significantly related to daily deep acting. In addition, subordinates' mindfulness moderated the relationship between daily abusive supervision and subordinates' daily work engagement. These findings reveal employees’ daily responses to abusive supervision and can help tourism and hospitality managers develop relevant training programmes and policies to reduce the negative impact of abusive supervision and thus protect employee well-being.
ISSN:0261-5177
1879-3193
DOI:10.1016/j.tourman.2023.104719