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Customer-Related Social Stressors

Christian DormannSarah Dudenhöffer

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Social stressOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementWell-beingApplied psychologyCognitive dissonanceJob satisfactionVerbal aggressionBurnoutService providerPsychologySocial psychologyApplied Psychology

description

Abstract. The purpose of this study was to replicate the dimensions of the customer-related social stressors (CSS) concept across service jobs, to investigate their consequences for service providers’ well-being, and to examine emotional dissonance as mediator. Data of 20 studies comprising of different service jobs (N = 4,199) were integrated into a single data set and meta-analyzed. Confirmatory factor analyses and explorative principal component analysis confirmed four CSS scales: disproportionate expectations, verbal aggression, ambiguous expectations, disliked customers. These CSS scales were associated with burnout and job satisfaction. Most of the effects were partially mediated by emotional dissonance. Further analyses revealed that differences among jobs exist with regard to the factor solution. However, associations between CSS and outcomes are mainly invariant across service jobs.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-10-01Journal of Personnel Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000132