Abstract
In view of the increasing importance of adaptive performance in unpredictable work environments, the current study aims to explore the underlying mechanisms of trait emotional intelligence and adaptive performance. Integrating the perspective of person-situation interaction and the distal-proximal framework of motivation, we propose a mediated moderation model to investigate how trait emotional intelligence and situational strength interactively influence adaptive performance and whether self-efficacy mediates the moderated relationship. Using an empirical study of 236 participants, we found that the effect of trait emotional intelligence on adaptive performance was moderated by situational strength. The results showed that the impact of trait emotional intelligence on adaptive performance via self-efficacy was higher in weak situations than in strong situations. Our findings reveal the importance of situational strength and provide new insight into the role of self-efficacy as a proximal motivational mechanism underlying the interaction effect.
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