THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL LABOR AND JOB SATISFACTION: AN APPLICATION ON PHYSICIANS

Emotional labor implies emotions demanded by the organization to be demonstrated by the employees during interpersonal interactions. In other words, it is defined as “management of emotions in such a way that would be observed by others through observable facial and bodily expressions”. On the other hand, job satisfaction is defined as the attitude of a person towards his occupation. Accordingly, having positive emotions towards a job means job satisfaction, whereas having negative emotions towards a job means job dissatisfaction. The aim of the study is to identify the effect of emotional labor dimensions on job satisfaction. Besides, the investigation of the relationship between business satisfaction and demographic features of the workers (age, educational level, marital status, degree, title) is another aim of the study. For this purpose, a questionnaire is applied as part of the study. The sample of the study is the academic staff working in Elaz？？ F？rat University Research Hospital. 109 usable questions are taken into the questionnaires in the scope of the research. According to the findings of the research, it is determined that job satisfaction differs depending on demographic factors. There is a positive and medium relationship between job satisfaction and sincere (natural) behavior which is a dimension of emotional labor; and there is a negative and weak relationship between job satisfaction and surface acting. However, there is no significant relationship between deep acting relationship and job satisfaction