TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of emotional intelligence on job performance and life satisfaction for the research and development scientists in China
AU - Law, Kenneth S.
AU - Wong, Chi-Sum
AU - Huang, Guo-Hua
AU - Li, Xiaoxuan
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in this paper was supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Project no. CUHK4038/00H). K.S.Law . C.-S. Wong (*) Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China e-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - To demonstrate the utility of the emotional intelligence (EI) construct in organizational studies, this study focuses on the effect of EI on job performance among research and development scientists in China. We argue that EI is a significant predictor of job performance beyond the effect of the General Mental Ability (GMA) battery on performance. This predictor effect is supported by results on a study of research and development scientists working for a large computer company in China. Our results also show that a self-reported EI scale developed for Chinese respondents, the WLEIS, is a better predictor of job performance than the scale developed in the U.S., the MSCEIT. Implications of the findings are discussed.
AB - To demonstrate the utility of the emotional intelligence (EI) construct in organizational studies, this study focuses on the effect of EI on job performance among research and development scientists in China. We argue that EI is a significant predictor of job performance beyond the effect of the General Mental Ability (GMA) battery on performance. This predictor effect is supported by results on a study of research and development scientists working for a large computer company in China. Our results also show that a self-reported EI scale developed for Chinese respondents, the WLEIS, is a better predictor of job performance than the scale developed in the U.S., the MSCEIT. Implications of the findings are discussed.
KW - Emotional intelligence
KW - Job performance
KW - MSCEIT
KW - WLEIS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=38349121005&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10490-007-9062-3
DO - 10.1007/s10490-007-9062-3
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:38349121005
SN - 0217-4561
VL - 25
SP - 51
EP - 69
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
IS - 1
ER -