Emotional intelligence – Jurnal Pengurusan

Walk the Talk: Bringing Spirituality to Workplace through Transformational Leadership and Emotional Intelligence in Higher Education Institutions

Faris A181711 — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:50:19 +0000

Leadership stayed at the pinnacle in the arena of organizational behavior research since decades and attained significant consideration of scholars pursuing to define multifaceted dynamics of leadership and their influence on spirit at work. Studying workplace spirituality in academicians has a high value that definitely requires attention. This study attempts to explore association amongst transformational leadership and workplace spirituality of academicians through the lens of emotional intelligence in public sector universities of Pakistan. In this study, the hypothesized model was measured by using Structural Equation Modelling – Partial Least Squares. The response from 252 academicians specified that link between transformational leadership and workplace spirituality is statistically noteworthy where emotional intelligence plays a significant role as mediator. The findings enhance positive effects of transformational leadership style consistent with workplace spirituality contributing significantly to leadership literature in the higher education sector and suggest that institutions may implement practices that help in building the environment of workplace spirituality.

Do Emotional Intelligence & Organizational Politics Influence the Employee Work Behaviors and Attitudes? Mediating Role of Political Skill

SITI HASLINA TON ZAINAL ABIDIN — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 19:19:43 +0000

Employees are contemplated as an indispensable pillar of the organization. Their attitudes and behaviors at the workplace have a drastic effect on organizational performance and success. Employees’ emotional intelligence and political skill at the workplace have immense importance in shaping their behaviors and attitudes. On the other hand, behaviors and attitudes plummet towards negativity in the politically polluted environment in the organization. To investigate the impact of emotional intelligence and perception of organizational politics on employees’ behaviors and attitudes through the mediation of political skill, the current study collected data from employees of the banking sector of Pakistan. The data were collected through questionnaires by applying non-probability convenient sampling technique. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structure equation modeling (SEM) techniques have been used for statistical analysis. The results revealed the positive interplay of emotional intelligence with behaviors and attitudes. Further, results also indicated a negative association of perception of organizational politics with behaviors and attitudes. In addition, the findings depicted that political skill mediates the relationship of emotional intelligence with behaviors and attitudes. Similarly, political skill also mediates the interplay of perception of organizational politics with behaviors and attitudes. The scant research attention had been given to explore the mediating role of political skill among these variables and present study addressed this gap. The significance of the study was provided at the end. The limitations were also delineated which followed directions for future research.

Kecerdasan Emosi dan Komitmen Afektif: Peranan Keterikatan Kerja sebagai Pengantara

sufizulkarnain01 — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 18:43:22 +0000

The aim of this study was to investigate the direct relationship between emotional intelligence and job engagement, and the relationship between job engagement and affective commitment. In addition, this study also aims to examine the role of job engagement as a mediator on the relationship between emotional intelligence and affective commitment. As there is scarce empirical studies conducted with regard to the role of job engagement as a mediator, particularly between emotional intelligence and affective commitment, this study contributes towards enriching in this field of study. The study was conducted using a sample of 372 police officers in five states, namely Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Sarawak and Sabah. Hypothesis testing was analysed using PLS-SEM analysis. Results indicated that: (1) four dimensions of emotional intelligence consisting of self-emotional appraisal (SEA), other’s emotional appraisal (OEA), use of emotion (UOE) and regulation of emotion (ROE) have positive direct and significant relationship with job engagement; (2) job engagement has a positive and significant direct relationship with affective commitment; and (3) job engagement has a significant role as a mediator between the relationship of the four dimensions of emotional intelligence (SEA, OEA, UOE and ROE) with affective commitment. The results of this study have proven that job engagement was significant in the role of mediator to influence emotional intelligence in the relationship with affective commitment. These findings also indicate the importance of emotional intelligence in influencing loyalty and commitment of the Police officers.