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A Study on Emotional Labor and Organizational Commitment among Firefighters in Korea

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2017, 13(4), pp.45-54
  • DOI : 10.14251/crisisonomy.2017.13.4.45
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general
  • Received : March 20, 2017
  • Accepted : April 24, 2017
  • Published : April 30, 2017

Kyung Sook Joo 1

1상지대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between emotional labor and organizational commitment of firefighters, which could provide guidance on monitoring emotional labor and improving organizational commitment among firefighters in Korea. As for firefighters on desk duty, the higher the emotional dissonance factor provoking psychological tension and emotional exhaustion, the lower the organizational commitment. In case of on-site firefighters, the higher the frequency of self-regulations, the lower the organizational commitment. There has been much research on the emotional labor of public officials, there has been very few research on the emotional labor of firefighters. This study has proven a theoretical negative association between the emotional labor of firefighters and their organizational commitment. Policy implications include that the psychological healing of firefighters involved in emotional labor should be provided to improve their organizational commitment.

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