Research Article

The Relationship between Teachers’ Demonstrations of Emotional Labour and Their Level of Adherence to the Psychological Contract

Volume: 17 Number: 36 April 30, 2021
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The Relationship between Teachers’ Demonstrations of Emotional Labour and Their Level of Adherence to the Psychological Contract

Abstract

This research is made to determine the relationship between teachers' demonstrations of emotional labour and their level of adherence to the psychological contract. The research is designed with the relational survey model. The research population consists of 1502 teachers working in public schools in the districts of Gediz, Simav, Şaphane and Çavdarhisar in Kütahya in the 2019-2020 academic year. The sample of the study is 405 teachers selected with convenience sampling method. The research data have been collected with, "Emotional Labour Scale" “Level of Adherence to the Psychological Contract Scale". Research data are analysed by One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Independent Samples t-Test, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis. According to the results of the research, the perception levels of teachers towards the demonstrations of emotional labour are low in surface acting, high in deep acting and very high in genuine emotions. While teachers' demonstrations of emotional labour differ according to their gender, they do not differ in terms of their school level, seniority, education level, number of teachers at their school and the duration of their employment in the same school. Teachers' perception level towards adherence to the psychological contract is high. While teachers' level of adherence to the psychological contract differs according to their school level, gender and seniority; it does not differ according to their graduation status, the number of teachers at the school they work and the duration of their employment in the same school. There is a low and negative correlation between teachers' surface acting demonstrations and their level of adherence to the psychological contract. There is a positive and low level of correlation between teachers' demonstrations of deep acting and their level of adherence to the psychological contract. There is a positive and medium level of correlation between teachers' demonstrations of genuine emotions and their level of adherence to the psychological contract. Teachers’ deep acting and genuine emotion demonstrations can significantly explicate their level of adherence to the psychological contract.

Keywords

Emotion demonstration , psychological contract , surface acting , deep acting

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APA
Aydoğan, S. S., & B.bostancı, A. (2021). Öğretmenlerin Duygusal Emek Gösterimleri İle Psikolojik Sözleşmeye Uyma Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişki. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 17(36), 2637-2674. https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.860699