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Happiness at work: are job satisfaction, job self-efficacy and trait emotional intelligence related?

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dc.contributor.advisor Janeke, Hendrik Christiaan
dc.contributor.author De Kok, Caitlin Anne
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-04T07:28:31Z
dc.date.available 2013-09-04T07:28:31Z
dc.date.issued 2013-09-04
dc.date.submitted 2013-01
dc.identifier.citation De Kok, Caitlin Anne (2013) Happiness at work: are job satisfaction, job self-efficacy and trait emotional intelligence related?, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10455> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10455
dc.description.abstract This thesis explores and describes the relationship between emotional intelligence, job satisfaction and job self-efficacy. The sample was collected between 2007 and 2010 and consists of 1336 South Africans within the workplace. Trait emotional intelligence was assessed using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue), while job satisfaction and job self-efficacy were assessed from the biographical questions asked during the TEIQue assessment process. The first hypothesis investigated whether there is a statistically significant relationship between job satisfaction and trait emotional intelligence. A relationship was found that is statistically, but not practically, significant. The second hypothesis centred on the relationship between job self-efficacy and emotional intelligence, with statistically significant results (p<0.001), and a weaker relationship than the one found between job satisfaction and scores on the TEIQue. The third hypothesis, investigating a possible interaction effect between job satisfaction and job self-efficacy, was rejected. In addition to the study’s three hypotheses, exploratory IRT analysis was conducted on a section of the TEIQue items in order to further explore the functioning of the test within the South African context. Findings suggest that there is a relationship between the constructs within the study, but that this relationship is more complex than first assumed, being affected by issues such as social desirability and central tendency bias. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xvi, 171 leaves) : illustrations, color graphs en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.rights University of South Africa en
dc.subject Emotional intelligence en
dc.subject Trait emotional intelligence en
dc.subject Job satisfaction en
dc.subject Job self-efficacy en
dc.subject Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire en
dc.subject Item response theory en
dc.subject General (graded) response model en
dc.subject Analysis of variance en
dc.subject Workplace en
dc.subject Self-efficacy en
dc.subject.ddc 158.7
dc.subject.lcsh Attitude (Psychology) -- Testing en
dc.subject.lcsh Trait intercorrelations en
dc.subject.lcsh Job satisfaction -- Psychological aspects en
dc.subject.lcsh Job satisfaction -- Research en
dc.subject.lcsh Emotional intelligence -- Research en
dc.subject.lcsh Work -- Psychological aspects en
dc.subject.lcsh Success -- Psychological aspects en
dc.subject.lcsh Emotional intelligence tests --Research en
dc.subject.lcsh Self efficacy -- Research en
dc.title Happiness at work: are job satisfaction, job self-efficacy and trait emotional intelligence related? en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Psychology en
dc.description.degree M.A. (Psychology)


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