Abstract
Affective delivery, or expressing positive emotions in service interactions, helps satisfy customers. But employees cannot always feel positive and, to avoid breaking display rules, may act. Surface acting (modifying facial expressions) and deep acting (modifying inner feelings) were tested as predictors of stress and of coworker-rated affective delivery. Consistent with a dramaturgical perspective, affective delivery ratings were negatively related to surface acting but positively related to deep acting. Surface acting, but not deep acting, was related to stress.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 86-96 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Academy of Management Journal |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2003 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Business and International Management
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation