Emotional Intelligence, Individual Ethicality, and Perceptions that Unethical Behavior Facilitates Success

Survey results (N = 198) suggest emotional intelligence is a significant predictor of individual ethicality, perceptions of others’ ethicality and perceptions that unethical behavior facilitates success. Importantly, emotional intelligence explains incremental variance in perceptions of others’ ethicality, over and above individual ethicality. The relationship between emotional intelligence and perceptions that unethical behavior facilitates success is fully mediated by self-esteem. Results suggest emotionally intelligent employees are more adept at interpreting the ethicality of others’ actions and potentially less likely to engage in unethical actions than employees low on emotional intelligence. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Mesmer-Magnus,Jessica, Viswesvaran,Chockalingam, Deshpande,Satish P., Joseph,Jacob
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid 2010
Online Access:	http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1576-59622010000100003
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