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The impact of emotional intelligence on accuracy of self‐awareness and leadership performance

Author(s) -

Virginia K. Bratton,

Nancy G. Dodd,

Frank Brown

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

leadership and organization development journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.741

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1472-5347

pISSN - 0143-7739

DOI - 10.1108/01437731111112971

Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , originality , psychology , counterintuitive , sample (material) , value (mathematics) , applied psychology , social psychology , empirical research , creativity , computer science , statistics , chemistry , chromatography , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , machine learning

Purpose – This research paper aims to follow a line of research that examines the impact of elements of emotional intelligence (EI), particularly those related to self‐awareness, on self‐other agreement and performance.Design/methodology/approach – This is a quantitative study that employs the same methodology as Sosik and Megerian to analyze survey data gathered from a matched sample of 146 managers and 1,314 subordinates at a large international technology company based in North America.Findings – The analysis revealed that the relationship between EI and leader performance is strongest for managers who underestimate their leader abilities. Underestimators earn higher follower ratings of leader performance than all other agreement categories (In agreement/good, In agreement/poor, and Overestimators). The analysis also suggests that there appears to be a negative relationship between EI and leader performance for managers who overestimate their leader abilities.Research limitations/implications – Implica...

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