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      Retaining the authentic self in the workplace: Authenticity and work engagement in the mass-service industries

      Sharp, Lisa; Roche, Maree A.; Cable, Donald
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      Sharp, L., Roche, M. A., & Cable, D. (2015). Retaining the authentic self in the workplace: Authenticity and work engagement in the mass-service industries. New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management, 15(2), 119–133.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11705
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      Striving to uphold consistency in service, an authentic approach to customers is usually considered detrimental. Focussing on customer-service workers within the mass-service industry, such as fast-food and supermarket workers, this research explores the relationship between employee authenticity and work engagement. One hundred and forty employees from a range of customer service roles were surveyed regarding their sense of authenticity at work, surface and deep acting, self-efficacy, personal accomplishment, and experience of work engagement. Overall results suggest that authenticity and personal accomplishment are independently and positively related to work engagement, and recommend that workers strive to maintain a sense of authenticity with customers, and be encouraged to feel a sense of accomplishment in their work. Further recommendations, for training and job design to promote authenticity and build a sense of accomplishment in customer service workers are discussed, as is the potential, protective application of surface acting.
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      2015
      Type
      Journal Article
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      Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ)
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      This article is published in the NZ Journal of Human Resources Management. © 2015 Human Resources Institute of New Zealand.
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