Assessing Workplace Emotional Intelligence: Development and Validation of an Ability-based Measure.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: New York Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0376332 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1940-1019 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00223980 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2010- : New York : Routledge
      Original Publication: Provincetown, Mass. : Journal Press
    • Subject Terms:
      Emotional Intelligence/*physiology ; Psychological Tests/*standards ; Psychometrics/*instrumentation ; Workplace/*psychology; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      Existing measures of Emotional Intelligence (EI), defined as the ability to perceive, understand, and manage emotions for productive purposes, have displayed limitations in predicting workplace outcomes, likely in part because they do not target this context. Such considerations led to the development of an ability EI measure with work-related scenarios in which respondents infer the likely emotions (perception) and combinations of emotion (understanding) that would occur to protagonists while rating the effectiveness of ways of responding (management). Study 1 (n = 290 undergraduates) used item-total correlations to select scenarios from a larger pool and Study 2 (n = 578) reduced the measure-termed the NEAT-to 30 scenarios on the basis of structural equation modeling. Study 3 (n = 96) then showed that the NEAT had expected correlations with personality and cognitive ability and Study 4 (n = 85) demonstrated convergent validity with other ability EI measures. Last, study 5 (n = 91) established that the NEAT had predictive validity with respect to job satisfaction, job stress, and job performance. The findings affirm the importance of EI in the workplace in the context of a valid new instrument for assessing relevant skills.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: emotional intelligence; emotions; measure; validation; workplace
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20150716 Date Completed: 20161214 Latest Revision: 20191210
    • Publication Date:
      20240513
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/00223980.2015.1057096
    • Accession Number:
      26176668