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Emotional intelligence and job performance among school teachers

The concept of emotional intelligence has observed a rapidly growing interest among the society. However, there has been a regrettable lack of attention on the emotional intelligence construct especially in an education setting. This paper was aimed to examine the relationship between emotional inte...

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Main Authors: Lee, Bee Yoke, Panatik, Siti Aisyah
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Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015
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HD30.2 Knowledge management
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54976/
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v11n13p227
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spelling my.utm.549762017-07-31T07:32:10Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54976/ Emotional intelligence and job performance among school teachers Lee, Bee Yoke Panatik, Siti Aisyah HD30.2 Knowledge management The concept of emotional intelligence has observed a rapidly growing interest among the society. However, there has been a regrettable lack of attention on the emotional intelligence construct especially in an education setting. This paper was aimed to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance among school teachers. This study used a quantitative research methodology involved survey questionnaire to collect data. A total of 384 school teachers from the academic primary and secondary schools involved in this study. Emotional intelligence was assessed by Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS). The findings of this empirical study found that all the four dimensions of emotional intelligence (self-emotional appraisal, others' emotional appraisal, use of emotion, and regulation of emotion) were positively significant associated with job performance. Overall, this research has makes several theoretical contributions to the emotional intelligence literatures, and provides some meaningful managerial implications to the school administrators. Several recommendations for future research were drawn from this research as well. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015 Article PeerReviewed Lee, Bee Yoke and Panatik, Siti Aisyah (2015) Emotional intelligence and job performance among school teachers. Asian Social Science, 11 (13). pp. 227-234. ISSN 1911-2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v11n13p227 DOI:10.5539/ass.v11n13p227
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topic HD30.2 Knowledge management
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Lee, Bee Yoke
Panatik, Siti Aisyah
Emotional intelligence and job performance among school teachers
description The concept of emotional intelligence has observed a rapidly growing interest among the society. However, there has been a regrettable lack of attention on the emotional intelligence construct especially in an education setting. This paper was aimed to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance among school teachers. This study used a quantitative research methodology involved survey questionnaire to collect data. A total of 384 school teachers from the academic primary and secondary schools involved in this study. Emotional intelligence was assessed by Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS). The findings of this empirical study found that all the four dimensions of emotional intelligence (self-emotional appraisal, others' emotional appraisal, use of emotion, and regulation of emotion) were positively significant associated with job performance. Overall, this research has makes several theoretical contributions to the emotional intelligence literatures, and provides some meaningful managerial implications to the school administrators. Several recommendations for future research were drawn from this research as well.
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title Emotional intelligence and job performance among school teachers
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54976/
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v11n13p227
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