WORK CULTURE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: ADOPTION AND ADAPTATION, PREMISES AND PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

The study explores the concept of work culture and emotional intelligence: adoption and adaptation, premises, and perspectives. The objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between work timings/flexibility and emotional intelligence; examine the relationship between leadership style and emotional intelligence. The above was discussed with a focus on the adoption and adaptation of work culture and emotional intelligence, premises, and perspectives of work culture and emotional intelligence. A relevant theory such as social exchange theory was adopted as the theoretical foundation of the study. The established study averred that work culture enhances the emotional intelligence of organizations. It was concluded that the study has shown that healthy work culture in organizations promotes the emotional intelligence of employees as they contribute immensely to the growth and development of an organization. Consequently, the study recommends that work timings/flexibility should be consistently designed to suit and manage employees’ stress and other psychological or job-related issues to enhance their emotional intelligence in the workplace; Management of organizations should be proactive and contingent on the use of leadership styles to elicit the best emotions required for the job among employees in the organization.