The Influence of Perceived External Prestige on Emotional Labor of Frontline Employees: The Mediating Roles of Organizational Identification and Impression Management Motive

Pengfei Cheng (), Jingxuan Jiang and Zhuangzi Liu
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Pengfei Cheng: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Jingxuan Jiang: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Zhuangzi Liu: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710054, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: Drawing on both the organization identification and impression management theories, we propose that perceived external prestige of frontline employees influences their emotional labor through organizational identification and impression management motive. Further, the relative influence of either pathway depends upon perceived organizational support. Using survey data from 377 frontline employees in 104 hotels, the results indicate that perceived external prestige is positively related to deep acting, and negatively related to surface acting. Organizational identification partially mediates the relationship between perceived external prestige and deep acting. However, the relationship between perceived external prestige and surface acting is partially mediated both by organizational identification and impression management motive. In addition, perceived organizational support positively moderates the relationship between perceived external prestige and organizational identification, and negatively moderates the relationship between perceived external prestige and impression management motive, respectively.

Keywords: perceived external prestige; emotional labor; organization identification; impression management motive; perceived organizational support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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