Exploring the Relationship between Impression Management, Emotional Intelligence and Locus of Control: Evidence from Egypt

Abstract

Research on impression management is still in the infancy stage. The aim of this study was to explore the interaction between impression management and two organizational variables, namely emotional intelligence and locus of control. A sample of 106 participants was extracted from the Egyptian working population. The analysis was conducted using Spearman Rho's. Results indicated insignificant correlation between impression management and emotional intelligence. A weak association was found between impression management and external locus of control and an insignificant, yet negative, correlation was found between emotional intelligence and locus of control. Further analyses, implications and future research recommendations are provided.

Impression Management and Employee Contextual Performance in Service Organizations (Enterprises)

“…The limitation of this study is the use of a cross-sectional survey, which is a snapshot of a study, compared to a longitudinal survey, where participants are given questionnaires repeatedly at multiple points, which allows researchers to observe changes that occur over time [94]. Future research should employ other organizational predictors, such as organizational politics, organizational justice, resilience, and emotional intelligence, to determine the level of employee performance [8,68,103]. Lastly, leadership consideration should be used to investigate the mediation between impression management and employee contextual performance in the subsequent study.…”

“…Managers', supervisors', and employees' appearance has brought about customer attraction, leading to a geometrical increase in profitability for many organizations today. Besides, self-appearance (impression) is correlated with emotional intelligence [8]. Impression management has also improved workers' discretionary behaviour [9].…”