...Yanchun Zhang; Luyao Cao; Junwei Zheng; Ming Shan Purpose Project managers’ (PMs) emotional intelligence (EI), transformational leadership style (TFL), and leader-member exchange (LMX) are known to be critical determinants of project outcomes. However, as of yet, there is no scholarly consensus...

...Reza Reisi; Parviz Ghoddousi Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in enhancing job satisfaction (JS) and organizational commitment (OC) among construction project employees. This research aimed to uncover the direct and indirect effects of EI...

...Wenwei Huang; Deyu Zhong; Yanlin Chen Purpose Construction enterprises are achieving the goal of production safety by increasingly focusing on the critical factor of “human” and the impact of individual characteristics on safety performance. Emotional intelligence is categorized into three models...

... compliance (DC) and surface compliance (SC) and relied on trait activation theory to investigate the effects of situational awareness (SA) and emotional intelligence (EI) on safety compliance. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 239 construction workers...

... and emotional intelligence respectively) were sought using standard measures. The valid data (N = 187) thus collected, was analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings The study finds that in terms of demands, stakeholder management and work family conflict have a significant positive effect...

... a solid background for subsequent studies on the concept of emotional intelligence. One such study is that of Salovey and Mayer (1990) , who were the first to formally conceive the terminology emotional intelligence (EI). Basically, the concept, according to them, refers to the expression, regulation...

... of construction workers (CWs). Design/methodology/approach The present study aims to investigate the impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on workers' stress and safety behaviors. Data were collected from CWs (n = 265) at a major construction site in the city of Jeddah. Two questionnaires comprising...

...Augustine Senanu Kukah; Isaac Akomea-Frimpong; Xiaohua Jin; Robert Osei-Kyei Purpose As a crucial soft skill for achieving project success, emotional intelligence (EI) remains an interesting, relevant and emerging research area which requires more researches in the construction industry...

...Lianying Zhang; Weijie Fan Purpose As a crucial soft skill, emotional intelligence (EI) is reported to have many benefits, yet it remains largely unexplored in construction project management. The purpose of this paper is to explore further application of project manager's EI to improve project...