Relationship between Self-Management and Work Performance among Information Professionals

Abstract

The significance of emotional intelligence to the work performance of the Information Professionals in the government sector in Malaysia has been extensively studied in the literature. The focus of this analysis is on self-management clusters, and it shows that the chosen cluster turns out to be the essential relationship between self-management and work performance among information professionals. This research is done by implementing a survey on 148 information professionals in a government agency in Malaysia. The result suggests that self-management of emotional intelligence has a significant role in enhancing the quality of job performance, resulting in increased work productivity for information professionals. Keywords: Self-management, Work performance, Emotional intelligence, Information professionals eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by E-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI10%20(Special%20Issue).4125