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TY - JOUR
T1 - Leader emotional intelligence and subordinate job satisfaction
T2 - a meta-analysis of main, mediator, and moderator effects
AU - Miao, Chao
AU - Humphrey, Ronald
AU - Qian, Shanshan
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - Based on a meta-analysis, leaders' emotional intelligence (EI) positively relates to subordinates' job satisfaction (P = 0.308). All three EI streams (ability, self-report, mixed) exhibit significant incremental validity and relative importance (RW) in the presence of personality and cognitive ability in predicting subordinates' job satisfaction (ability EI: ΔR2 = 0.002, RW% = 3.5%; self-report EI: ΔR2 = 0.021, RW% = 25.3%; mixed EI: ΔR2 = 0.085, RW% = 49.9%). Leaders' EI demonstrates significant incremental validity and RW in the presence of subordinates' EI in predicting subordinates' job satisfaction (leaders' EI: ΔR2 = 0.054, RW% = 48.0%). Subordinates' EI positively relates to leaders' EI and mediates the relationship between leaders' EI and subordinates' job satisfaction. Moderator analyses indicate that (1) ability EI has a lower association with subordinates' job satisfaction than self-report EI and mixed EI; and (2) leaders' EI more positively relates to subordinates' job satisfaction in low in-group collectivistic or low humane oriented cultures.
AB - Based on a meta-analysis, leaders' emotional intelligence (EI) positively relates to subordinates' job satisfaction (P = 0.308). All three EI streams (ability, self-report, mixed) exhibit significant incremental validity and relative importance (RW) in the presence of personality and cognitive ability in predicting subordinates' job satisfaction (ability EI: ΔR2 = 0.002, RW% = 3.5%; self-report EI: ΔR2 = 0.021, RW% = 25.3%; mixed EI: ΔR2 = 0.085, RW% = 49.9%). Leaders' EI demonstrates significant incremental validity and RW in the presence of subordinates' EI in predicting subordinates' job satisfaction (leaders' EI: ΔR2 = 0.054, RW% = 48.0%). Subordinates' EI positively relates to leaders' EI and mediates the relationship between leaders' EI and subordinates' job satisfaction. Moderator analyses indicate that (1) ability EI has a lower association with subordinates' job satisfaction than self-report EI and mixed EI; and (2) leaders' EI more positively relates to subordinates' job satisfaction in low in-group collectivistic or low humane oriented cultures.
KW - Emotional intelligence
KW - Leadership
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - Cross-cultural
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.056
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.056
M3 - Journal article
VL - 102
SP - 13
EP - 24
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
SN - 0191-8869
ER -