Applicant versus employee scores on self-report emotional intelligence measures

• Main Authors: LIEVENS, Filip, KLEHE, Ute-Christine, LIBBRECHT, Nele
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Score inflation; emotional intelligence; personnel selection; trait-based emotional intelligence self-report; applicants; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5594; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6593/viewcontent/EIapplicant.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There exists growing interest to assess applicants' emotional intelligence (EI) via self-report trait-based measures of EI as part of the selection process. However, some studies that experimentally manipulated applicant conditions have cautioned that in these conditions use of self-report meas...