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Emotional Intelligence or Personality in Resistance to Change? Empirical Results in an Italian Health Care Context
Author(s) -
Di Fabio Annamaria,
Bernaud JeanLuc,
Loarer Even
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00048.x
Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , psychology , personality , big five personality traits , eysenck personality questionnaire , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , trait , resistance (ecology) , social psychology , extraversion and introversion , paleontology , biology , programming language , ecology , computer science
This study investigated the role of personality traits and emotional intelligence in relation to resistance to change. The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised Short Form, the Bar‐On Emotional Quotient Inventory, and the Resistance to Change Scale were administered to 274 Italian physicians and nurses. With respect to resistance to change, the study revealed that emotional intelligence added a significant percentage of incremental variance compared with personality trait variances. The results highlight the role of emotional intelligence and its relationship with resistance to change and offer new research and intervention perspectives for career development and career counseling.