Open AccessEmotional Intelligence and Job Performance of Academicians in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Shyue Chuan Chong,
Mohammad Falahat,
Yin Su Lee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-6052
pISSN - 1927-6044
DOI - 10.5430/ijhe.v9n1p69
Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , the emotional intelligence appraisal , psychology , construct (python library) , job performance , scale (ratio) , applied psychology , social psychology , job satisfaction , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
This study explores the predictive utility of an emotional intelligence measurement that is based on the Role-Based Performance Scale (RBPS) measure of job performance. This inquiry aims to investigate whether the level of emotional intelligence score of each academic staff in the selected private higher educational institutions affects job performance. This research applied a quantitative method approach to cast the researchers’ net wider to include selected higher educational institutions to obtain as much data as possible. The results demonstrate a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance of academic workers in private higher educational institutions. Therefore, these significant findings shed further light on the theoretical and practical utility of the construct of emotional intelligence and job performance, and have proven the fact that emotional intelligence is accountable for and could predict job performance.