An Investigation into Emotional Intelligence, Relationship Quality, and Organizational Outcomes
Abstract
Emotional intelligence (EI) was defined by Mayer and Salovey in 1997 as a set of interrelated skills concerning "the ability to perceive accurately, appraise, and express emotion; the ability to access and/or generate feelings when they facilitate thought; the ability to understand emotion and emotional knowledge; and the ability to regulate emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth" (Wong & Law, 2002). A good deal of research has been completed to examine the general construct and to develop measures of emotional intelligence. However, to this point in time little research has been done on the effect that El has in the workplace, particularly relative to leader-member relationships. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence (of both managers and subordinates) and leader-member exchange (LMX) on work outcomes. Specifically, it was predicted that LMX would meditate the relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational outcomes. Data were gathered from 129 students and their managers regarding their emotional intelligence, the quality of their leader-member exchange relationship, and organizational outcomes of performance, citizenship, job satisfaction, and commitment. The findings did not support the hypotheses, and showed no relationship between El and LMX or El and work outcomes, failing to replicate the findings of Wong and Law (2002) and Carmeli (2003). THe findings are are discussed and implications for future research are presented.
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Thesis Completion
2005
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Uhl-Blen, Mary
Degree
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
College
College of Business Administration
Degree Program
Management
Subjects
Business Administration -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Business Administration
Format
Identifier
DP0021943
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Document Type
Honors in the Major Thesis
Recommended Citation
Howe, Marianne, "An Investigation into Emotional Intelligence, Relationship Quality, and Organizational Outcomes" (2005). HIM 1990-2015. 455.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses1990-2015/455