Emotional Intelligence and its Relationship with Conflict Management and Occupational Stress: A Meta-Analysis

The current study used meta-analysis to examine the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Conflict Management (CM) and emotional intelligence and Occupational Stress (OS). A total of 14 studies examining the relationship between on EI and CM and 39 studies on EI and OS were considered. For Emotional Intelligence and Conflict Management, total sample size consisted of 5,371 participants, yielding 58 effect sizes and for EI and OS, total sample size consisted of 9,930 participants, yielding 53 effect sizes. The studies that had been published from 2002 to 2017 were selected. To identify relevant studies for meta-analysis, a computerized bibliographic keyword search using Elsevier, Science Direct, Emerald Insight, Sage Publications, Tailor & Francis, PubMed, Springer, EBSCOhost and Social Science Citation Index was conducted. Internet search was done using Google Scholar. The results of the present study supported the hypotheses that there is significant and positive relationship between EI and conflict management and significant and negative relationship between EI and occupational stress.