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Title: | The role of positive and negative affect in the relationship between emotional intelligence and uncivil workplace behaviour among managers [Poster] | Contributor(s): | Loi, Natasha M (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2018 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27032 | Abstract: | Purpose: To improve understanding of uncivil workplace behaviour, the present study sought to examine the relationships between emotional intelligence, positive affect, negative affect, and perpetration of uncivil behaviour in the workplace. Methodology: Email, workplace networks, and social media were used to recruit 113 managers (M = 45.23 years; 73 females) who completed an anonymous online self-report survey of measures relating to emotional intelligence, positive and negative affect, and engaging in uncivil workplace behaviour. Results: Results showed that greater emotional intelligence was significantly associated with higher positive affect and less negative affect as well as less likelihood of engaging in uncivil behaviour. Higher levels of negative affect were associated with engaging in uncivil behaviour. Mediation analyses indicated that the relationship between lower emotional intelligence and engaging in uncivil workplace behaviour was partially mediated by negative affect. Limitations: The representativeness of the sample, and thus our ability to generalise to the wider population, may be questioned. A larger more diverse sample is required. Practical Implications: The findings support the importance of emotional intelligence and affect in workplace functioning and shed light on possible precursors of the destructive behaviours that comprise workplace incivility. Originality/Value: These findings contribute insight into the understudied area of uncivil workplace behaviour relationships and provide a foundation to examine the contribution of all stakeholders including victims and perpetrators as well as implications for management and organisational practices. Specifically, it seeks to address the dearth in research examining self-reports from alleged perpetrators of uncivil behaviour. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | ICAP 2018: 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montreal, Canada, 25th - 30th June, 2018 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520104 Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | https://www.icap2014.com/2018/02/icap-2018-congress-theme/ | Description: | This conference presentation was presented as a Poster Presentation. |
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