The relationship between emotional intelligence and learning outcomes, and the mediating role of emotional conflict
Year: 2010
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A field sample of 1100 employees in the army was investigated to study the relationship between\nthe individuals’ self reported emotional intelligence and learning outcomes in work groups, with\ntwo dimensions of emotional conflict as mediators, emotional person conflict and emotional task\nconflict. Most importantly, emotional intelligence predicted positively learning outcomes and\nemotional task conflict, and predicted negatively emotional person conflict. Further, emotional task\nconflict predicted learning outcomes positively, whereas emotional person conflict predicted\nlearning outcome negatively. Particularly, the ability of regulation own emotions accounted for the\nnegative relationship between emotional intelligence and emotional person conflict, and the ability\nof self emotion appraisal accounted for the positive relationship between emotional intelligence and\nemotional task conflict. However, the mediating effect of emotional conflict was weak, as the\nrelationship between emotional intelligence and learning outcomes remained strongly significant\nalso after the two emotional conflict dimensions were added to the model. Implications for theory\nand research, and directions for future research are discussed.
Author: Kjell B. Hjertø
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2469152921