The effect of individual emotional intelligence on team performance among nursres

• Auteur principal: Tong, Ying
• Format: Thèse
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: 2013
• Sujets: HM Sociology
• Accès en ligne: http://eprints.utm.my/35838/5/TongYingMFPPSM2013.pdf

This study is conducted to analyze the effect of individual emotional intelligence (EI) on team performance among nurses. Individual emotional intelligence (EI) is viewed as the independent variable consisting of optimism/mood regulation, appraisal of emotions, social skills and utilization of emotions. Nursing team performance is view as the dependent variable. A survey using questionnaire was carried out to 260 respondents in Handan First Hospital, Hebei Province, China. Descriptive analysis was used to identify the level of individual emotional intelligence (EI) and nursing team performance. Furthermore, correlation test using the Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) has been performed in order to identify the relationship between independent and dependant variables. The findings show that there is a significant positive relationship between individual emotional intelligence (EI) and nursing team performance. Finally, multiple regression analysis identifies the strength of the relationship. Results indicate that utilization of emotions has the most strongly contribute to nursing team performance.