Impact of the Intensive Program of Emotional Intelligence (IPEI) on work supervisors

2017 
espanolAntecedentes: este estudio se centra en la evaluacion del Programa de Inteligencia Emocional Intensivo (PIEI; Fernandez, 2016; Ferreo, 2016) aplicado a supervisores de trabajo. El programa pretende incrementar la inteligencia emocional, ya que esta variable incide en aspectos como la satisfaccion personal, el desempeno de tareas y el clima laboral. Metodo: la intervencion se aplico a supervisores de un gran call center, un sector poco estudiado en este ambito. Participaron 282 supervisores pertenecientes a una empresa espanola multinacional, radicada en Madrid (51,4% varones y 48,6% mujeres). Fueron asignados, por disponibilidad, al grupo experimental (n = 190) o al grupo control (n = 92). Todos los supervisores respondieron a dos cuestionarios: uno para evaluar los componentes de inteligencia emocional intrapersonal (v.g., claridad, comprension y reparacion; TMMS-24; Fernandez-Berrocal, Extremera y Ramos, 2004) y otro para medir empatia cognitiva y afectiva (v.g., adopcion de perspectivas, comprension emocional, alegria empatica y estres empatico; TECA, Lopez-Perez, Fernandez y Abad, 2008). Resultados: los resultados mostraron una mejora en las variables de estudio tras aplicar el programa en el grupo experimental. Conclusiones: los resultados obtenidos apoyan la formacion emocional de mandos intermedios con programas breves, efi caces y economicos. Ademas, se discuten las limitaciones e implicaciones de los resultados obtenidos EnglishBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the Intensive Program of Emotional Intelligence (IPEI; Fernandez, 2016; Ferreo, 2016) on middle managers’ emotional intelligence, as this variable may have a signifi cant impact on personal satisfaction, task performance, and the work environment. Method: The intervention was applied to work team supervisors in a large call center, as it is an overlooked sector in this topic. Two-hundred and eighty-two supervisors from a Madrid-based, Spanish multinational (51.4% men and 48.6% women) participated in this study. Participants were assigned to the experimental group (n = 190) or the control group (n = 92) by availability, according to management decision. All supervisors fi lled in two questionnaires to evaluate the different components of intrapersonal emotional intelligence (i.e., attention, clarity, and repair; TMMS-24; Fernandez-Berrocal, Extremera, & Ramos, 2004) and cognitive and affective empathy (i.e., perspective taking, emotion understanding, empathic joy, and personal distress; TECA; Lopez-Perez, Fernandez, & Abad, 2008). Results: The fi ndings showed an increase in the studied variables for the experimental group. Conclusions: The results obtained support middle managers’ training in emotional competences through short, effi cient, economic programs. Potential limitations and implications of the results are discussed
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