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SA Journal of Industrial Psychology

versión On-line ISSN 2071-0763
versión impresa ISSN 0258-5200

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HARRY, Nisha. Constructing a psychological coping profile in the call centre environment: Wellness-related dispositions in relation to resiliency-related behavioural capacities. SA j. ind. Psychol. [online]. 2015, vol.41, n.1, pp.01-11. ISSN 2071-0763.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/SAJIP.V41I1.1265.

ORIENTATION: The context of this research is the coping and wellness of call centre agents in a characteristically high-stress work environment RESEARCH PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to construct a psychological coping profile by investigating the overall relationship between individuals' wellness-related dispositional attributes and their resiliency-related behavioural capacities MOTIVATION OF THE STUDY: It is important that coping in the call centre environment be understood in light of the complexity of the challenges that call centre agents experience in terms of their wellbeing RESEARCH DESIGN, APPROACH AND METHOD: A quantitative cross-sectional survey approach was followed, using a non-probability purposive sample (N = 409) comprising predominantly early career, permanently employed black females in call centres in Africa MAIN FINDINGS: A canonical correlation analysis indicated a significant overall relationship between the wellness-related constructs (sense of coherence, emotional intelligence and burnout) and the resiliency-related constructs (career adaptability and hardiness). Structural equation modelling indicated that managing own emotions and cynicism contributed significantly to explaining the participants' resiliency-related behavioural capacities (hardi-commitment and hardi-control PRACTICAL/MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS: Enhancing call centre agents' emotional intelligence and lowering cynicism will increase resiliency-related capacities, such as sense of control and commitment, and will significantly increase the resiliency and capacity of call centre agents to cope with pressure, which can lead to positive work attitudes CONTRIBUTION/VALUE-ADD: The findings may provide valuable pointers for the design of wellness intervention practices and could potentially add to the body of knowledge concerned with employee wellness in call centres.

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