Organizational Behaviour

Question description

To complete this project, you must

1. Conduct research to

a. Define the concept of emotional labor

b. Describe, explain, and discuss perspectives on emotional labor in general as

well as in different workplace settings

2. Conduct limited field research aimed at assessing varying understandings and

experiences of emotional labor in at least three work settings

3. Analyze and summarize findings from your field research

4. Prepare a term paper on the topic of emotional labor in workplace settings, using

both your field research and your background research as you do so

INSTRUCTIONS

Before you begin, read through this entire procedure. Then, follow these steps to com-

plete your project:

1. Create your own working definition of emotional labor. Your definition should include

likely effects of emotional labor, such as fatigue, workplace stress, anxiety, and

alienation. Use your definition to guide your field research and clarify your thinking

prior to beginning work on your term paper.

2. Use the following sources to conduct background research. Note: You must use all

of these sources for your project.

a. Your textbook, Organizational Behavior, page 82

b. Online sources

■ Context Magazine, “Feeling around the World,” Arlie Hocschild, page 80

http://contexts.org/articles/spring-2008/feeling-a…

■ Wikipedia: Defining Emotional Labor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_labor

■ Emotional Labor, Burnout, and Inauthenticity: Does Gender Matter?

http://newriver.edu/images/stories/library/Stennet…

Articles/Emotional%20Labor%20Burnout%20%20Inauthenticity%20

-%20Does%20Gender%20Matter.pdf

At least one source of your own from the Internet, a library source, or else-

where. Here’s a place to start for information on resources, citations, and

references for this assignment. Visit the Organizational Behavior Page in the

Penn Foster Virtual Library:

http://pflibrary.pennfoster.edu/c.php?g=706110&p=5014022&pre-

view=7888d3084d95ad78c3a5d21b5b7850a9

3. Prepare a survey for interviewing people in various work settings. On the survey,

leave room for notes you take during or immediately following your interview with

any subject. Although you may add questions of your own, include the following

questions on your survey:

a. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your satisfaction with your job?

b. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your satisfaction with your present

workplace environment?

c. Are you expected to present yourself in certain ways to customers (patients,

passengers, clients, and so on)?

d. If so, how are you expected to present yourself? To help the interviewee

answer this question, you may ask one or more of the following questions:

n Are you expected to follow a sales script?

n Are you expected to “up-sell” special offers?

n Are you instructed to always be polite?

■ Are you expected to encourage and support patients?

n Are you supposed to smile when you would prefer to scream or frown?

e. Do you feel stress when you feel one way and have to pretend you feel

another way? Can you give me examples?

f. When you feel some kind of work stress, can you tell me how you feel about

it? (If interviewees need help answering this question, you may ask, “Does

stress make you feel tired? Frustrated? Amused? Irritable? Sad?”)

4. Follow these guidelines for conducting your research:

a. Interview people in at least three different work settings. Your subjects might

include fast-food workers, bus or taxi drivers, firefighters, law enforcement

officers, sanitation workers, bank tellers, airline flight attendants, public school

teachers, paramedics, and social workers—to offer some examples.

b. Interview at least two people from each work setting.

c. To find individuals to interview, begin making contacts through people you

know.

d. During the interview, complete the surveys yourself. Don’t ask the subjects to

e. Before beginning an interview, tell each subject that his or her responses will

be anonymous. Indeed, it’s advisable to create fictitious names for particular

work venues, for the subjects themselves, and for any persons mentioned by

the subjects. Also, inform each subject that your written report is for a course,

and that it won’t be published anywhere.

f. Allow your respondents to speak freely. Don’t allow your survey form to keep

you from taking notes on unexpected comments, observations, and informa-

tion provided by the subjects. In other words, keep an open mind.

g. Don’t record an interview on any electronic device, such as a tape recorder,

cell phone, or camcorder, without the express permission of the subject. If

you do record any interview, destroy or delete any such information upon

completion of your research project.

5. Prepare a five- to eight-page term paper based on your research. Draft your paper

on the basis of your back-ground reading and your field research. Edit and revise

your draft prior to submitting it to your instructor.

PAPER SPECIFICATIONS

1. Prepare your paper for electronic submission in a word-processing program.

2. Prepare a title page with the following information:

a. Title: Emotional Labor in the Workplace

b. Your name

c. Your student number

d. Course title: Organizational Behavior

e. Project number: 50048200

f. Current date

3. Double-space your paper, with left and right margins of 1 to 1.25 inches, flush left

and ragged right.

4. Provide adequate source citations.

5. Include a header on each page except the title page. In the header, include your

name, student number, and the page number.

6. Do not plagiarize. The direct usage of materials from any source without proper

and accurate credit is plagiarism. Be sure to properly attribute direct quotes and

paraphrases. If you plagiarize in any way or to any degree, your term paper will

receive a failing grade.

7. Use the following outline as a suggested guide for the structure of your paper:

a. Introduction. Summarize your paper. Briefly describe what the paper is about

b. Emotional Labor: Psychological Stress in the Workplace. Describe emo-

tional labor, including various perspectives on its nature and its psychological

costs. The material for this section should come mainly from your background

research.

c. Interviews. Explain what you learned from your interviews. Include anecdotal

material to engage the reader and, to a limited extent, offer your interpreta-

tions and impressions.

d. Summary and conclusion. Discuss your overall impressions, your view on

the causes of emotional labor, and perhaps, how it might be managed or

reduced.

8. Submit the final draft of your paper to your instructor.

GRADING CRITERIA

Your project will be graded on the following criteria:

n Presentation style (20 percent). The student uses a consistent point of view

throughout, employs accurate and appropriate word and concept usage, and has

few, if any, digressions. The paper is easy to read.

n Development of concepts and themes (40 percent). The paper is developed

accurately and coherently from background sources. The Interviews section is

coherently related to the background sources.

n Organization of writing (20 percent). The material proceeds logically, topic sen-

tences are well placed, and paragraph breaks are appropriate.

n Grammar and usage (20 percent). The student uses complete and grammatically

correct sentences with no spelling errors. Descriptions, explanations, and asser

 
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