Relations of Emotional Intelligence, Practical Intelligence, General Intelligence and Trait Affectivity with Interview Outcomes: It's not all Just 'G'
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2000
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(200003)21:2<203::AID-JOB38>3.0.CO;2-Z
Abstract
Emotional intelligence was conceptualized as competencies that may enable people to use emotions advantageously to achieve desired outcomes. Measures of three components of emotional intelligence (empathy, self‐regulation of mood, and self‐presentation) as well as affective traits (positive and negative affectivity) and general and practical intelligence were related to a major facet of work success, job interview performance. A sample of 116 undergraduates participated in a simulated job selection experience, consisting of paper and pencil tests and a videotaped structured interview. Results partially supported the proposed model. Some but not all of the affect and ability measures were related to interview outcomes, both directly and mediated by the interviewer's affective response (perceived similarity and liking). In addition to measures of emotional intelligence, measures of general and practical intelligence were associated with interview outcomes, but the orthogonality of IQ and the major emotion variables argue for the unique contributions of emotional intelligence and trait affect to interview success.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Organizational Behavior, v. 21, issue 2, p. 203-220.
Scholar Commons Citation
Fox, Suzy and Spector, Paul E., "Relations of Emotional Intelligence, Practical Intelligence, General Intelligence and Trait Affectivity with Interview Outcomes: It's not all Just 'G'" (2000). Psychology Faculty Publications. 670.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/670
