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Duong, V. H., Duong, T. H. N., & Nguyen, T. N. D. (2023). Employees’ service recovery performance: the role of functional manager’s emotional intelligence in the hospitality industry. Journal of International Economics and Management, 23(3), 89-106. https://doi.org/10.38203/jiem.023.3.0076
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Employees’ service recovery performance: the role of functional manager’s emotional intelligence in the hospitality industry
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Cultivating a strong presence, emotional intelligence is now firmly embedded within organizations. The emotional intelligence of managers is essential for building a motivated workforce. This study investigates the relationship between functional managers’ emotional intelligence and employees’ service recovery performance in the context of the hospitality industry. In this study, functional managers’ emotional intelligence includes four dimensions: self-emotion appraisal, other-emotion appraisal, use of emotion, and regulation of emotion. A mixed method was employed to explore the influence of functional managers’ emotional intelligence on employees’ service recovery performance. The data were collected from 238 functional managers at 33 four- and five-star hotels in five provinces and cities in Vietnam. Factor analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results show that functional hotel managers’ emotional intelligence has a positive and significant impact on employees’ service recovery performance, with others’ emotion appraisal having the strongest impact, followed by emotion regulation, use of emotion, and self-emotion appraisal. These findings deepen the understanding of service recovery and enrich the underlying literature. The study also provides managers with useful advice on managing customer service as a competitive advantage.
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Functional managers, Emotional intelligence, Employees’ service recovery performance, Hospitality industry
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Mattila, A.S. and Enz, C.A. (2002), “The role of emotions in service encounters”, Journal of Service Research, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 268 - 277.
Mayer, J.D. and Salovey, P. (1997), Emotional development and emotional intelligence: educational implication, Basic Books, New York.
Miao, C., Humphrey, R. and Qian, S. (2021), “Emotional intelligence and job performance in the hospitality industry: a meta-analytic review”, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 33 No. 8, pp. 2632 - 2652.
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Ployhart, R.E., Lim, B.-C. and Chan, K.-Y. (2001), “Exploring relations between typical and maximum performance ratings and the five-factor model of personality”, Personnel Psychology, Vol. 54 No. 4, pp. 809 - 843.
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Salovey, P. and Mayer, J.D. (1990), “Emotional intelligence”, Imagination, Cognition and Personality, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 185 - 211.
Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. (2009), Research methodology for business students, Pearson, New York.
Scott-Halsell, S.A., Blum, S.C. and Huffman, L. (2008), “A study of emotional intelligence levels in hospitality industry professionals”, Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 135 - 152.
Sosik, J.J. and Megerian, L.E. (1999), “Understanding leader emotional intelligence and performance: the role of self-other agreement on transformational leadership perceptions”, Group and Organization Management, Vol. 24 No. 3, pp. 367 - 390.
Suifan, T.S., Abdallah, A.B. and Sweis, R.J. (2015), “The effect of a manager’s emotional intelligence on employees’ work outcomes in the insurance industry in Jordan”, International Business Research, Vol. 8 No. 9, pp. 67 - 82.
Sy, T., Tram, S. and O’Hara, L.A. (2006), “Relation of employee and manager emotional intelligence to job satisfaction and performance”, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 68 No. 3, pp. 461 - 473.
Wilson, A., Zeithaml, V.A., Bitner, M.J. and Gremler, D.D. (2012), Services marketing: integrating customer focus across the firm, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, New York.
Wirtz, J. and Mattila, A.S. (2004), “Consumer responses to compensation, speed of recovery and apology after a service failure”, International Journal of Service Industry Management, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 150 - 166.
Wong, C.S. and Law, K.S. (2002), “The effects of leader and follower emotional intelligence on performance and attitude: an exploratory study”, The Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 243 - 274.