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Interplay of personality traits, emotional intelligence and innovative behaviour among the leaders

Interplay of personality traits, emotional intelligence and innovative behaviour among the leaders

Abdullah, Iqra and Gull, Maleehah (2024) Interplay of personality traits, emotional intelligence and innovative behaviour among the leaders. Middle East Journal of Management, 11 (3). pp. 233-259. ISSN 2050-3636 (Print), 2050-3644 (Online) (doi:10.1504/MEJM.2024.138321)

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Abstract

The study analyses the relationship between the five factor personality traits, emotional intelligence, and innovative behaviour. Moreover, the mediation of emotional intelligence in the relationship between the big five personality traits and innovative behaviour is studied. In order to test the hypothesised relationships, data was collected from 331 leaders and project managers from the Pakistan's software companies. According to the findings of this study, extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability, conscientiousness, and openness to experience significantly affect the innovative behaviour. Extraversion, emotional stability, conscientiousness, and openness to experience are also strongly related to the emotional intelligence. However, one of the personality traits, i.e., agreeableness has no significant effect on the emotional intelligence variable. Relationships between all personality traits and innovative behaviour are found to be significantly mediated by the emotional intelligence. Implications and constraints of the study are also highlighted in the research article.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: personality traits, emotional intelligence, innovative behaviour, creativity
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
H Social Sciences > HS Societies secret benevolent etc
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Greenwich Business School
Greenwich Business School > Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW)
Greenwich Business School > School of Management and Marketing
Last Modified: 04 Nov 2024 09:50
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48437

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