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Measuring emotional intelligence: content, construct and concurrent validity. (In special issue: Beyond psychometrics)

Measuring emotional intelligence: content, construct and concurrent validity. (In special issue: Beyond psychometrics)
Measuring emotional intelligence: content, construct and concurrent validity. (In special issue: Beyond psychometrics)
Many authors claim there is a paucity of evidence for the validity of measures of emotional intelligence (EI). This paper summarises existing information on the reliability and validity of two measures of EI, the Dulewicz and Higgs EIQ and the Bar-on EQ-i. It also reports the results of a study on middle managers which investigated the degree to which these two EI instruments measure the same constructs: their concurrent/criterion-related validity; and the relationship between EI and morale and stress at work. Correlations between the two instruments showed content and construct validity, with 16 out of the 20 hypothesised relationships between scales being significant. Correlations between various measures of morale and stress at work and EIQ demonstrated construct validity. Significant relationships were also found between EIQ and current job performance, thus providing further evidence of concurrent/criterion-related validity.
intelligence, measurement, validity, work psychology
0268-3946
405-420
Higgs, M.J.
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Dulewicz, S.V.
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Slaski, M.
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Higgs, M.J., Dulewicz, S.V. and Slaski, M. (2003) Measuring emotional intelligence: content, construct and concurrent validity. (In special issue: Beyond psychometrics). Journal of Managerial Psychology, 18 (5), 405-420. (doi:10.1108/02683940310484017).

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Many authors claim there is a paucity of evidence for the validity of measures of emotional intelligence (EI). This paper summarises existing information on the reliability and validity of two measures of EI, the Dulewicz and Higgs EIQ and the Bar-on EQ-i. It also reports the results of a study on middle managers which investigated the degree to which these two EI instruments measure the same constructs: their concurrent/criterion-related validity; and the relationship between EI and morale and stress at work. Correlations between the two instruments showed content and construct validity, with 16 out of the 20 hypothesised relationships between scales being significant. Correlations between various measures of morale and stress at work and EIQ demonstrated construct validity. Significant relationships were also found between EIQ and current job performance, thus providing further evidence of concurrent/criterion-related validity.

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Published date: 2003
Keywords: intelligence, measurement, validity, work psychology

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Local EPrints ID: 51425
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/51425
ISSN: 0268-3946
PURE UUID: 94dbff42-2216-4f65-8ecc-b79130a92ece
ORCID for M.J. Higgs: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9032-0416

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Date deposited: 10 Jun 2008
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:57

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Author: M.J. Higgs ORCID iD
Author: S.V. Dulewicz
Author: M. Slaski

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