title: Impact of emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence on the caring behavior of nurses: a dimension-level exploratory study among public hospitals in Malaysia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this research is to study the impact of individual factors such as emotional intelligence (EI) and spiritual intelligence (SI) on the caring behavior of nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey using questionnaire was conducted by sampling 550 nurses working in seven major public hospitals in Malaysia. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main findings are: (1) critical existential thinking and transcendental awareness dimensions of SI have significant impacts on assurance of human presence dimension of caring behavior; (2) personal meaning production and conscious state expansion dimensions of SI have significant impacts on perception of emotion and managing own emotions dimensions of EI; and (3) managing own emotions dimension of EI has significant impacts on respectful deference to other and assurance of human presence dimensions of caring behavior of nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results can be used to recruit and educate nurses.
authors.affiliation: Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Devinder
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Malaysia. Electronic address: Sambasivan@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Murali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sambasivan
authors.affiliation: Global Entrepreneurship Research and Innovation Center, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004644:Emotions; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Caring behavior; Emotional intelligence; Malaysia; Nurses; Spiritual intelligence