Emotional Intelligence, Communication Competence, and Student Perceptions of Team Social Cohesion
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Jordan, Peter J
Lawrence, Sandra A
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Students generally report poor experiences of group work in university settings. This study examines whether individual student perceptions of team social cohesion are determined by their level of emotional intelligence (EI) and whether this relationship is mediated by their communication skills. Business students (N = 273) completed the 16-item self-report Workplace Emotional Intelligence Profile-Short Version (WEIP-S; Jordan & Lawrence, 2009) before forming teams. Students worked in teams for 8 weeks to complete group work. Afterwards, peer ratings of student communication appropriateness and effectiveness were collected as was each student's self-report perceptions of the level of team social cohesion. The effect of management of others' emotions on team social cohesion was mediated by communication effectiveness. The authors discuss the implications of EI training and student team allocation as possible ways to improve student team cohesion.
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Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
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30
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4
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© 2012 SAGE Publications. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Curriculum and pedagogy
Specialist studies in education
Educational psychology
Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)
Applied and developmental psychology
Social and personality psychology