Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis

Schutte et al. (1998) developed a 33-item emotional intelligence scale which they claimed to be uni-dimensional. Petrides and Furnham (2006) conducted factor analysis on the same scale and found 4 factors underlying the scale. Studies on emotional intelligence had been conducted in Malaysia with sca...

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Main Authors:	Harris Shah Abd Hamid, Mohamad Nahar Abd Razak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10076/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10076/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10076/1/173-762-1-PB%20%282%29%20%281%29.pdf

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spelling	ukm-100762017-02-03T08:31:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10076/ Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis Harris Shah Abd Hamid, Mohamad Nahar Abd Razak, Schutte et al. (1998) developed a 33-item emotional intelligence scale which they claimed to be uni-dimensional. Petrides and Furnham (2006) conducted factor analysis on the same scale and found 4 factors underlying the scale. Studies on emotional intelligence had been conducted in Malaysia with scales that were adopted, adapted, and developed. The dimensionality of the scales needed to be clearly demonstrated to better put the findings within the local context. This study examined the factor structure of the bilingual version of the scale (Malay translation by Abd Hamid and Kimin, 2004) us-ing principal axis factoring with a varimax orthogonal rotation, in a Malaysian sample. The scale was administered to 187 Malaysian employees in a government agency and a college community. The analysis revealed four factors underlying the scale that matched Petrides and Furnham’s findings. Reliability was found to be good for three factors and unacceptable for one. The issues in the factor structure were discussed. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10076/1/173-762-1-PB%20%282%29%20%281%29.pdf Harris Shah Abd Hamid, and Mohamad Nahar Abd Razak, (2016) Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 30 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2289-8174 http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/25
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description	Schutte et al. (1998) developed a 33-item emotional intelligence scale which they claimed to be uni-dimensional. Petrides and Furnham (2006) conducted factor analysis on the same scale and found 4 factors underlying the scale. Studies on emotional intelligence had been conducted in Malaysia with scales that were adopted, adapted, and developed. The dimensionality of the scales needed to be clearly demonstrated to better put the findings within the local context. This study examined the factor structure of the bilingual version of the scale (Malay translation by Abd Hamid and Kimin, 2004) us-ing principal axis factoring with a varimax orthogonal rotation, in a Malaysian sample. The scale was administered to 187 Malaysian employees in a government agency and a college community. The analysis revealed four factors underlying the scale that matched Petrides and Furnham’s findings. Reliability was found to be good for three factors and unacceptable for one. The issues in the factor structure were discussed.
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spellingShingle	Harris Shah Abd Hamid, Mohamad Nahar Abd Razak, Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis
author_facet	Harris Shah Abd Hamid, Mohamad Nahar Abd Razak,
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title	Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis
title_short	Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis
title_full	Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis
title_fullStr	Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis
title_sort	measuring emotional intelligence in a malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
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Measuring emotional intelligence in a Malaysian sample: an exploratory factor analysis

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