The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy among Ordinary Chinese Employees
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Emotional intelligence, Self-efficacy, Employee.Abstract
EI is being taken more and more seriously in all walks of life around the world. A person’s EI can affect many of his psychological states and performance. Self-efficacy is a person’s self-judgment of whether he or she has the confidence to complete a task and is a driving force at work. However, there are not many studies in China on EI’s impact on employees’ work performance. Therefore, this study wanted to explore whether EI affects Chinese employees’ self-efficacy. A total of 185 Chinese ordinary employees (non-leaders) were invited to participate in this study. Wong’s and Law’s emotional intelligence scale and general self-efficacy scale which had high reliability and validity were used in this study. The result concluded that the EI of Chinese employees was positively related to their self-efficacy. So, providing Chinese employees with some EI training and cultivating their EI will help improve their self-efficacy and performance at work.
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