title: Evidence that emotional intelligence is related to job performance and affect and attitudes at work.
abstract: The relation between emotional intelligence, assessed with a performance measure, and positive workplace outcomes was examined in 44 analysts and clerical employees from the finance department of a Fortune 400 insurance company. Emotionally intelligent individuals received greater merit increases and held higher company rank than their counterparts. They also received better peer and/or supervisor ratings of interpersonal facilitation and stress tolerance than their counterparts. With few exceptions, these associations remained statistically significant after controlling for other predictors, one at a time, including age, gender, education, verbal ability, the Big Five personality traits, and trait affect.
authors.affiliation: University of Surrey, UK. p.lopes@surrey.ac.uk
authors.forename: Paulo N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Daisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grewal
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kadis
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gall
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salovey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001290:Attitude; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged