Do personal resources mediate the effect of perceived organizational support on emotional exhaustion and job outcomes?
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
ISSN: 0959-6119
Article publication date: 9 February 2015
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine personal resources as a mediator of the effect of perceived organizational support on emotional exhaustion, extra-role customer service and turnover intentions.
Design/methodology/approach
Using data collected from frontline hotel employees with a one-month time lag in Cameroon, the relationships were assessed via structural equation modeling. Positive affectivity, intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy were treated as the indicators of personal resources.
Findings
The results suggest that positive affectivity, intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy are significant indicators representing personal resources. As hypothesized, personal resources fully mediate the effect of perceived organizational support on emotional exhaustion, extra-role customer service and turnover intentions. Specifically, frontline employees who receive sufficient support from the organization are high in positive affectivity, intrinsically motivated and self-efficacious at elevated levels. Such employees, in turn, experience low levels of emotional exhaustion and turnover intentions and display high levels of extra-role customer service behaviors.
Originality/value
The current paper contributes to the hospitality management literature by investigating personal resources as a mediator of the impact of perceived organizational support on emotional exhaustion and the aforementioned job outcomes.
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Citation
Karatepe, O.M. (2015), "Do personal resources mediate the effect of perceived organizational support on emotional exhaustion and job outcomes?", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 4-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-09-2013-0417
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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