Psychometric Properties of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale in a Colombian Manager Sample

Abstract

Within the organizational field, emotional intelligence is linked to socially competent behaviors, which allow the development of labor and organizational abilities necessary for professional development. Thus, in workers, emotional intelligence is related to a wide range of organizational variables. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) in the Colombian context, specifically, in a population of managers. The study was instrumental. The sample consists of 489 Colombian managers, obtained through non-probability sampling (a purposive sample), who work in companies located in Bogota. The results indicated that the four-factor oblique model presents favorable fit indices, as well as the higher-order model, the latter having additional theoretical support. These results indicate that it is possible to consider partial scores for each of the four factors of the WLEIS, as well as an overall emotional-intelligence score. Also, the WLEIS scores have validity evidence based on relations to other variables (convergent and discriminant evidence) and are reliable. These first findings for Colombian managers contribute to the accumulation of international evidence of emotional intelligence measured with the WLEIS.

Emotional intelligence in young emerging adults: A focus on Wong and Law's scale in the digital work sphere

“…Contrary to Wong and Law's [ 28 ] original study which offered empirical support for a second-order factor model, the results suggested three lower-order factors (others-emotion appraisal, use of emotion and self-regulated emotion appraisal) that could not be adequately explained by a single broader dimension of emotional intelligence. The findings seem to corroborate empirical studies that question the presence of a reliable general emotional intelligence higher-order factor for the WLEIS and the variation in consistency of the four-factor factor structure across different population groups [ 29 ].…”

“…Although the convergent validity of this factor is questionable, this finding provides interesting insight into the self-regulated emotion appraisal of the young emerging adult. For this sample, having insight into one's feelings and controlling one's temper seem important for handling difficulties rationally [ 29 , 48 ].…”

“…The problem at hand is assessing the relevance of the WLEIS factor structure for measuring the emotional intelligence of modern-day emerging adults. The 16-item WLEIS has been widely researched across various (and especially adult) populations and settings with empirical evidence of the sound reliability and validity of its four-factor structure [ [28] , [29] , [30] ]. However, some research points to contradictory views on the WLEIS factor structure and calls for more research on the psychometric properties of the WLEIS, especially in under-researched settings such as young emerging adults in modern digital-age relevant educational contexts [ 29 , [31] , [32] , [33] ].…”

Emotional intelligence and happiness in clinical medical students: A cross‐sectional multicenter study

“…The limited literature on happiness and EI relation in medical education made our work distinctive 4,45 . Moreover, it is noteworthy to mention that current research differs from previous projects regarding the use of BEIS‐10 as an EI indicator 25,46–48 and large sample size (multicenter methodology) 4,16,49 . Besides, more comparative detail will be elaborated between present and previous studies to clarify the study methodology and justification for conducting a similar project.…”

Escala de Inteligencia Emocional de Wong-Law (WLEIS-S): propiedades psicométricas y datos normativos en población adulta peruana

“…Es una prueba de ejecución típica que responde a una reformulación teórica del modelo de Mayer y Salovey (1997), diseñada específicamente para adultos, consta solo de 16 ítems y ha sido utilizada en ámbitos clínicos, educativos y organizacionales. Además, cuenta con estudios transculturales y ha sido adaptada a diversos contextos, como China, Japón, Corea del Sur, India, Italia (Rathore y Chadha, 2021;Acosta-Prado et al, 2022) y España (WLEIS-S; Extremera et al, 2019).…”