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EnglishPurpose – Building upon the relevance of emotional intelligence (EI) in predicting individual performance at work, this research paper examines the links between trait EI facets, co-worker trust, and task performance in a software engineering job.Theoretical framework – Specifically, it draws upon the Joseph and Newman cascading model to hypothesize that trait EI facets impact on task performance in a sequential way. It also empirically tests the mediating effect of co-worker trust on the link between emotion regulation and task performance.Design/methodology/approach – This study follows a predictive design with two data collection phases. In the first phase EI facets and co-worker trust were self-rated by the participants. The second phase was implemented after six months to collect the employees’ task performance ratings from direct supervisors. A final sample was obtained of 102 employees, all of whom were project software engineers.Findings – The results from structural equation modelling provided support for the expected sequential effect between the EI facets under study (from appraisal of others’ and one’s own emotions to emotion regulation). They further showed that the effect of emotion regulation on task performance is fully indirect and occurs via co-worker trust.Research Practical & Social implications – Managers should build and develop a workforce of individuals with high trait EI, since they are more able to achieve stronger levels of task performance by developing feelings of trust towards their co-workers.Originality/value – To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to focus on the interplay between trait EI facets and co-worker trust in determining task performance at work. portuguesObjetivo – Com base na relevância da inteligencia emocional (IE) para prever o desempenho individual no trabalho, este estudo examina as ligacoes entre as facetas da IE (traco), a confianca nos colegas e o desempenho de tarefa em um trabalho de engenharia de software.Referencial teorico – Especificamente, este trabalho se baseia no modelo de cascata de Joseph e Newman para levantar hipoteses sobre o impacto sequencial das facetas de IE (traco) no desempenho de tarefa. Ele tambem testa empiricamente o efeito mediador da confianca nos colegas no vinculo entre a regulacao emocional e esta variavel criterio.Metodologia – Ele segue um desenho de investigacao preditivo com duas fases de coleta de dados. Na primeira fase, as facetas da IE e a confianca nos colegas foram respondidas pelos participantes. A segunda fase foi implementada seis meses depois para coletar as avaliacoes do desempenho de tarefa dos funcionarios facultadas pelos supervisores diretos. Foi obtida uma amostra final de 102 funcionarios que pertencem a uma unica funcao de engenharia de software.Resultados – Os resultados das analises de equacoes estruturais deram suporte ao efeito sequencial esperado entre as facetas da IE em estudo (i.e., das facetas da avaliacao das emocoes dos outros e da avaliacao das proprias emocoes na faceta de regulacao emocional). Estes tambem demonstraram que o efeito da regulacao emocional no desempenho de tarefa e inteiramente indireto por meio da variavel de confianca nos colegas de trabalho.Implicacoes praticas e sociais da pesquisa - Os gestores devem constituir e desenvolver uma forca de trabalho com individuos com alta IE (traco), porque estes serao mais capazes de atingir niveis melhores de desempenho de tarefa, por meio do desenvolvimento de confianca em relacao a seus colegas.Contribuicoes – De acordo com o nosso conhecimento, este e o primeiro estudo que da enfoque na interacao entre as facetas da IE (traco) e a confianca nos colegas na determinacao do desempenho de tarefa no trabalho.

Highlights

  • The applied value of emotional intelligence (EI) for managing people and their effectiveness at work has been intensely debated over the last quarter-century (Miao, Humphrey, & Qian, 2020; Sackett, Lievens, Van Iddekinge, & Kuncel, 2017)

  • We followed the procedure adopted in similar circumstances in previous related research (e.g., Parker et al, 2006), and relied on exploratory factor analysis to gather the required evidence of convergent and discriminant validity of all measures of the variables included in the respective measurement model (i.e., others’ emotions appraisal (OEA), self-emotions appraisal (SEA) and regulation of emotion (ROE) trait EI facets, co-worker trust and task performance)

  • Using principal-axis factoring and oblimin rotation, a five-factor solution emerged, covering three dimensions of trait EI, plus two other factors related to co-worker trust and task performance

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Introduction

The applied value of emotional intelligence (EI) for managing people and their effectiveness at work has been intensely debated over the last quarter-century (Miao, Humphrey, & Qian, 2020; Sackett, Lievens, Van Iddekinge, & Kuncel, 2017). As some authors have highlighted, previous research has predominantly focused on the criterion-related validity of global EI, leaving the way in which their specific facets interplay to influence distinct behavioural components of job performance largely unexplored (Greenidge, Devonish, & Alleyne, 2014; Pekaar, van der Linden, Bakker, & Born, 2017) Empirically mapping these inter-relations on a facet level represents a necessary step towards providing a more fine-grained clarification of their impact on performance behaviours at work for EI, as well as for other individual difference constructs. It is a precondition for further incorporating them into integrated predictive models of job performance

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