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Ethical Leadership and Followers' Emotional Exhaustion: Exploring the Roles of Three Types of Emotional Labor toward Leaders in South Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 10 15; 18(20)IJ

Abstract

Employees' emotional exhaustion caused by their leaders has significant consequences for both individuals and organizations. Identifying the roles of intra-organizational emotional labor is important to prevent employees' emotional exhaustion. This study examined the relationships between ethical leadership, followers' emotional labor toward leaders, and emotional exhaustion using Hobfoll's conservation of resources theory. Data collected from 259 employees working in South Korea were analyzed using regression and SEM. The results indicate that ethical leadership was negatively related to followers' emotional exhaustion. It is demonstrated that ethical leadership has a significant indirect relationship with followers' emotional exhaustion through three types of emotional labor strategies; genuine display, faked display, and suppressed display. Through genuine display and suppressed display, ethical leadership had an indirect and negative relationship with followers' emotional exhaustion, whereas ethical leadership and followers' emotional exhaustion showed a positive indirect relationship through faked display. We discuss the implications and limitations of this research and future research directions.

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Lee H
Psychology Department, Yonsei University, Seoul 06695, Korea.
An S
Psychology Department, Yonsei University, Seoul 06695, Korea.
Lim GY
Psychology Department, Yonsei University, Seoul 06695, Korea.
Sohn YW
Psychology Department, Yonsei University, Seoul 06695, Korea.

MeSH

EmotionsHumansLeadershipMoralsRepublic of Korea

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

34682605

Citation

Lee, Hyewon, et al. "Ethical Leadership and Followers' Emotional Exhaustion: Exploring the Roles of Three Types of Emotional Labor Toward Leaders in South Korea." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 20, 2021.
Lee H, An S, Lim GY, et al. Ethical Leadership and Followers' Emotional Exhaustion: Exploring the Roles of Three Types of Emotional Labor toward Leaders in South Korea. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(20).
Lee, H., An, S., Lim, G. Y., & Sohn, Y. W. (2021). Ethical Leadership and Followers' Emotional Exhaustion: Exploring the Roles of Three Types of Emotional Labor toward Leaders in South Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010862
Lee H, et al. Ethical Leadership and Followers' Emotional Exhaustion: Exploring the Roles of Three Types of Emotional Labor Toward Leaders in South Korea. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 10 15;18(20) PubMed PMID: 34682605.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Ethical Leadership and Followers' Emotional Exhaustion: Exploring the Roles of Three Types of Emotional Labor toward Leaders in South Korea. AU - Lee,Hyewon, AU - An,Saemi, AU - Lim,Ga Young, AU - Sohn,Young Woo, Y1 - 2021/10/15/ PY - 2021/09/15/received PY - 2021/10/12/revised PY - 2021/10/14/accepted PY - 2021/10/23/entrez PY - 2021/10/24/pubmed PY - 2021/11/3/medline KW - conservation of resources theory KW - emotional exhaustion KW - emotional labor KW - ethical leadership KW - intra-organizational emotion regulation JF - International journal of environmental research and public health JO - Int J Environ Res Public Health VL - 18 IS - 20 N2 - Employees' emotional exhaustion caused by their leaders has significant consequences for both individuals and organizations. Identifying the roles of intra-organizational emotional labor is important to prevent employees' emotional exhaustion. This study examined the relationships between ethical leadership, followers' emotional labor toward leaders, and emotional exhaustion using Hobfoll's conservation of resources theory. Data collected from 259 employees working in South Korea were analyzed using regression and SEM. The results indicate that ethical leadership was negatively related to followers' emotional exhaustion. It is demonstrated that ethical leadership has a significant indirect relationship with followers' emotional exhaustion through three types of emotional labor strategies; genuine display, faked display, and suppressed display. Through genuine display and suppressed display, ethical leadership had an indirect and negative relationship with followers' emotional exhaustion, whereas ethical leadership and followers' emotional exhaustion showed a positive indirect relationship through faked display. We discuss the implications and limitations of this research and future research directions. SN - 1660-4601 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34682605/Ethical_Leadership_and_Followers'_Emotional_Exhaustion:_Exploring_the_Roles_of_Three_Types_of_Emotional_Labor_toward_Leaders_in_South_Korea_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -