Relationship between Reward and Emotional Intelligence of Academic Staff at Malaysian Public Universities
Abstract: One of the great
positive behavioral factors among staff at university is emotional
intelligence. In reality, emotional intelligence is cause of different reaction
at workplace that was appeared by staff and also controlled most of moods in various
situations. Moreover, knowing
factors that impact
on emotional intelligence
is very vital
and lead to different positive and negative behavior
among staff. Reward is one of these external effective factors that influence on
emotional intelligence. Present study considered to these two factors and also
investigates their association together. The sample of this study made up of
440 academic staff that work in public research universities in Malaysia. The participants
completed the emotional intelligence
scale. The results indicated that
there are significant associations between reward with emotional intelligence
items (perception and managing own emotion) that analyzed by t-test.
Key word: reward, emotional intelligence, staff, university
Penulis: Aida Mehrad, Hanina
Halimatussadiah Binti Hamsan, Ma’rof Bin Redzuan, Haslinda Abdullah
Kode Jurnal: jppsikologikepribadiangg150002
